
Originally Posted by
saboudian
Central Michigan is crap, they do not have an accredited engineering program, this should not be a choice on your list.
Unfortunately, since you'll be an international student for grad school, and you said all you have is 35-40k, that is practically nothing, honestly. Unless thats how much you can afford to spend each year, which in case is enough, my rough estimate is that it will cost a minimum of 25 grand per year (depends on what univ u go to) , but probably around 30-40 grand. Keep in mind, your masters will take 2-3 years.
If you are set on MI, this would be my list.
My top choice would be U of M, they are also the most expensive though.
My 2nd choice would be Michigan State.
Both U of M and MSU are large universities, and take in many intl students every year.
After those 2, then there are still a bunch of univ's left in MI but they are really just avg univ's and I wouldn't want to do my grad work at any of the others, the rest would be western michigan, oakland, michigan tech, lawrence tech.
You mentioned diversity, well you're not gonna find a ton, MSU is about 80% white and I would guess the others would be around the same. U of M is probably the most diverse, but even then its mostly just asians and whites.
GL on your search, but honestly, the only 2 univ's I would do grad work at in MI is UofM and MSU. Either of those 2 will run a minimum of 30 grand a year which I can pretty much guarantee, but probably more around 40 grand.