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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$37,030 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,508 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering School for You

Construction Engineering is the #252 most popular major in the country with 878 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for construction engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the construction engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Engineering

$37,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Lawrence Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for construction engineering students. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 a year.

Full Construction Engineering at Lawrence Technological University Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year. Construction Engineering majors at Purdue take out an average of $22,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Construction Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

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#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Marquette undergraduate students pay an average of $45,766 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Marquette also did well on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year. Construction Engineering majors at UC take out an average of $23,500 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $291, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$21,050 Average Tuition & Fees

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BGSU are $21,050 per year. After completing their degree, construction engineering graduates from BGSU carry an average student debtload of $27,500.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for construction engineering students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U-M are $55,097 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$30,370 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value construction engineering programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIC are $30,370 per year.

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Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best construction engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 20
Ohio 105
Illinois 27
Indiana 37
Wisconsin 6

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Construction Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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