2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree 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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Akron.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Lawrence Tech graduate students pay an average of $18,436 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lawrence Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 3 spot on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Marquette graduate students pay an average of $21,960 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.
Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. 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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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Oakland University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 a year.
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Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 5,383 |
| Michigan | 8,586 |
| Ohio | 8,648 |
| Illinois | 6,581 |
| Wisconsin | 3,396 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Majors Similar to Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
| Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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