2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 28,844 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 50 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for EE majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Notre Dame helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average amount in student loans that EE majors at Notre Dame take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $17,708.
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Out of the 50 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average amount in student loans that EE majors at UIUC take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $18,979. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $464.
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With a ranking of #6, Kettering University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Kettering is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Flint.
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Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.
This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $417, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.
On average, EE graduates from UW - Madison take out $22,146 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Michigan Technological University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.
The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $404, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Case Western Reserve University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 1,147 |
| Ohio | 1,153 |
| Illinois | 1,029 |
| Indiana | 730 |
| Wisconsin | 465 |
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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major
One of 40 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to EE
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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 NASA.
More about our data sources and methodologies.