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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering tech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 5 spot on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

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#8

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Eastern Michigan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

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Purdue University Northwest did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,230
Michigan 2,201
Ohio 2,673
Illinois 1,478
Wisconsin 1,081

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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