2023 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Mechanics School for You
Engineering Mechanics is the #309 most popular major in the country with 272 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering mechanics 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Mechanics
Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for engineering mechanics students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $37,632 in tuition and fees each year. Engineering Mechanics majors at UIUC take out an average of $19,175 in student loans while working on their egree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.
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The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering mechanics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year.
Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern also made our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year. The average amount in student loans that engineering mechanics majors at UW - Madison take out is $26,500.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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Explore the best engineering mechanics colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 |
| Ohio | 2 |
| Illinois | 43 |
| Wisconsin | 48 |
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Engineering Mechanics Related Majors for Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Mechanics is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering Mechanics
| 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 5 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).
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