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Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$9,112 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,909 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 2,800 degrees and certificates from a Michigan school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Check out the engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Alpena Community College the best value school in Michigan for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Alpena Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alpena.

Alpena Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Alpena Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Macomb Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Michigan. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Macomb Community College are $6,210 a year.

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#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. Ferris is a large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ferris are $13,608 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ferris is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering tech in Michigan.

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#4

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern Michigan College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. NMC is a small public school located in the town of Traverse City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMC are $9,532 a year.

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#5

Baker College

Owosso, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Owosso.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baker College are $12,710 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Baker College Report

Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,683
Wisconsin 1,491
Ohio 4,134
Illinois 2,110

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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