2026 Best Value Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Schools in Michigan

[Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering](/majors/engineering/marine-engineering/naval-architecture-marine-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
College Factual analyzed 1 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value naval architecture & marine engineering schools.
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2026 Best Value Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Schools in Michigan
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the naval architecture & marine engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Schools
For return on investment in naval architecture & marine engineering, no school beat University Of Michigan Ann Arbor this year. Set in the city of Ann Arbor, University Of Michigan Ann Arbor is a very large public institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $18,848, while out-of-state students pay about $63,081. Students borrow a median of $19,137 to complete the naval architecture & marine engineering program here. Early-career naval architecture & marine engineering graduates make about $87,749. Set against $19,137 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 16%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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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