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Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 46,178 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Of the 4 students majoring in ME at IUPUI, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mechanical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

About 33% of the students majoring in ME at the school are women while 67% are male.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the # 4 spot on the list. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Dearborn.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,498
Ohio 2,106
Illinois 1,183
Indiana 1,336
Wisconsin 855

Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
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 5 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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