2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You
Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for electrical engineering students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Notre Dame is a great place for electrical engineering students. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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University of Dayton ranked #8 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.
With a ranking of #9, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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Michigan Technological University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best electrical engineering programs. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 288 |
| Illinois | 500 |
| Ohio | 434 |
| Indiana | 292 |
| Wisconsin | 141 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to EE
One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to EE
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 9,007 |
| Civil Engineering | 6,042 |
| Computer Engineering | 5,557 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 4,252 |
| General Engineering | 3,548 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
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