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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region

41 Colleges
$75,498 Avg Salary
$28,325 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #109 in the country. In fact 6,736 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 41 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 Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Colleges.

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering-related fields students. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that engineering-related fields majors at Michigan State take out is $25,750. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $396.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

The average amount in student loans that engineering-related fields majors at BGSU take out is $27,000.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

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 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Engineering-Related Fields majors at Purdue take out an average of $23,490 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering-related fields students. It came in at #6 on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

While working on their degree, engineering-related fields majors at Illinois Tech accumulate an average of around $35,501 in student debt.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering-related fields programs. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

After completing their degree, engineering-related fields graduates from IUPUI carry an average student debt load of $26,205.

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Purdue University Northwest did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering-related fields students. It came in at #8 on the list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

The average amount in student loans that engineering-related fields majors at Purdue Northwest take out is $36,631.

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Eastern Michigan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Engineering-Related Fields majors at Eastern Michigan take out an average of $28,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Eastern Michigan University Report

University of Michigan - Dearborn ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Dearborn.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 431
Ohio 379
Illinois 172
Indiana 286
Wisconsin 62

One of 18 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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