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Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$20,972 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,334 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

Manufacturing Engineering is the #149 most popular major in Michigan with 99 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Michigan to see which programs offered the best value experiences for manufacturing engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Manufacturing Engineering

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI
$13,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Ferris undergraduate students pay an average of $13,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, manufacturing engineering graduates from Ferris take out $24,069 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$13,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GVSU are $13,900 a year. While working on their degree, manufacturing engineering majors at GVSU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

GVSU also claimed a spot on our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$37,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the # 3 spot on the list. 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 in-state undergraduate at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Lawrence Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan list.

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$13,816 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Dearborn is a great value for manufacturing engineering students. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Dearborn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM Dearborn are $13,816 per year.

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$17,193 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great value for manufacturing engineering students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $17,193 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M also took the #2 spot in our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in Michigan rankings.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$15,199 Average Tuition & Fees

Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wayne State are $15,199 per year.

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Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 19
Illinois 50
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 44

One of 40 majors within the area of study, manufacturing engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 6 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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