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Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,453 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

General Engineering is the #80 most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Engineering

Our analysis found Michigan Technological University to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Michigan Tech graduate students pay an average of $22,981 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great value for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 per year.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 470
Ohio 243
Illinois 427
Indiana 254
Wisconsin 202

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

Majors Similar to Engineering

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 3 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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