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2023 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

16 Colleges
$87,583 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general engineering was ranked #64 in the country. In fact 3,548 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best school in the Great Lakes Region for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Platteville.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Full General Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

With a ranking of #8, Michigan Technological University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general engineering programs. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

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#10

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

With a ranking of #10, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 38
Illinois 30
Ohio 78
Indiana 145
Wisconsin 194

One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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