2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Engineering School for You
With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 58 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 program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering students. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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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 #2 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for engineering students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public college with a small student population.
University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Michigan Technological University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering programs. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
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Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 2,311 |
Indiana | 1,581 |
Ohio | 2,427 |
Wisconsin | 755 |
Michigan | 3,043 |
Engineering Related Majors
Engineering Majors to Study
Majors Similar to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.
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