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.

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

Check out the ME graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

2 Graduate Certificates

#2 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$22,981 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.

Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

3 Graduate Certificates

#6 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$28,794 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 5% of our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#3

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

4 Graduate Certificates

$26,529 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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