2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 46,178 degrees and certificates were handed out 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. 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 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ME 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 Mechanical Engineering
Our analysis found Michigan Technological University to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Michigan Tech graduate students pay an average of $22,981 in tuition and fees each year.
Michigan Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.
Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 2,498 |
| Ohio | 2,106 |
| Illinois | 1,183 |
| Indiana | 1,336 |
| Wisconsin | 855 |
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Majors Related to ME
Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to ME
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
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 Michel Villeneuve.
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