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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
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 midsize city of Akron.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lawrence Technological University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, Lawrence Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Dayton helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.
UDayton graduate students pay an average of $18,140 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Marquette University is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.
Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 5 spot on the list. 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.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Michigan Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.
UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Purdue University - Main 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 #7 on the list. Purdue is a fairly 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 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 came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.
With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.
UIUC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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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Oakland University 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 #10 on the list. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.
Oakland graduate students pay an average of $24,648 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools 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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