2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You
Mechanical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in the country with 9,007 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 37 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for mechanical engineering students. 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 Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
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Out of the 37 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Out of the 37 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.
With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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With a ranking of #8, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
With a ranking of #10, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.
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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best mechanical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 592 |
| Illinois | 346 |
| Ohio | 395 |
| Indiana | 282 |
| Wisconsin | 96 |
Majors Related to ME
Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 11,021 |
| 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.
- 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 Michel Villeneuve.
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