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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region

29 Colleges
$75,498 Avg Salary
$28,325 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #51 in the country. In fact 4,838 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Ohio University - Athens Campus to be the most popular school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for engineering-related fields students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Dearborn is a great place for engineering-related fields students. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Dearborn.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at University of Michigan - Dearborn Report

#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the # 5 spot on the list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

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#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 5 spot on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

Indiana Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering-related fields programs. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

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Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, Trine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 237
Illinois 154
Ohio 255
Indiana 206

One of 16 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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