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2024 Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

54 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
7,978 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general mechanical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7,978 degrees in general mechanical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Mechanical Engineering School

Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of general mechanical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general mechanical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your General Mechanical Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in General Mechanical Engineering
Master's Degrees in General Mechanical Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in General Mechanical Engineering

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for General Mechanical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general mechanical engineering degree levels they offer.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in General Mechanical Engineering

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
462 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a degree in general mechanical engineering. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were approximately 462 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In IL
142 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general mechanical engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were about 142 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
582 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general mechanical engineering. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.

There were roughly 582 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IN
135 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.

There were about 135 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI
268 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were about 268 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.

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6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
300 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.

There were about 300 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

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7
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In IN
134 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Terre Haute, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

There were roughly 134 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In OH
125 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Case Western is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.

There were about 125 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI
429 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #112 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Michigan Tech is a great university overall.

There were approximately 429 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MI
308 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 308 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best General Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 2,106
Michigan 915 2,496
Illinois 870 1,183
Indiana 737 1,329
Wisconsin 672 855

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