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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 40 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Technologies program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering tech master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Of the 118 students majoring in engineering tech at Northwestern, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Women make up 17% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

Full Engineering Technologies at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#3

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.

Women make up 41% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

Full Engineering Technologies at Eastern Illinois University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

Women make up 16% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

Full Engineering Technologies at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Dearborn is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Dearborn.

About 29% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 71% are male.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering technologies programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 62 students majoring in engineering tech at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Illinois State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

About 42% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 58% are male.

Full Engineering Technologies at Illinois State University Report

#8

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Oakland is a large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

About 35% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 65% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 45 students majoring in engineering tech at Illinois Tech, 62% are male and 38% are female.

Full Engineering Technologies at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

#10

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering technologies programs. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

Of the 43 students majoring in engineering tech at UDayton, 74% are male and 26% are female.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

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 27 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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