2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.
The Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Dayton the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the 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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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lawrence Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 a 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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.
Michigan Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a fairly 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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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . 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 also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.
UM Dearborn graduate students pay an average of $25,552 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a fairly 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 excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Wright State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.
Wright State University - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $24,286 in tuition and fees each year.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.
U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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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 11 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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