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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

29 Colleges
$91,210 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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.

Check out the engineering-related fields master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

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

Women make up 16% of the engineering-related fields majors at the school.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 62 students majoring in engineering-related fields at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Dearborn helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering-related fields schools in the Great Lakes Region . UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.

About 30% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 70% are male.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland is a large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

Women make up 35% of the engineering-related fields majors at the school.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Oakland University Report

#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Dayton is a great place for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

Women make up 26% of the engineering-related fields majors at the school.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at University of Dayton Report

Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 5 spot on the list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

About 47% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 53% are male.

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering-related fields programs. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 35% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 65% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, Indiana Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

About 21% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 79% are male.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Indiana Institute of Technology Report

Purdue University Northwest came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

Of the 37 students majoring in engineering-related fields at Purdue Northwest, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering-related fields programs. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Trine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 35 students majoring in engineering-related fields at Trine, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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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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