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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 112th most popular major in the country with 6,736 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,200 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,345 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,498 and $28,325 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 733 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering-related fields program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree engineering-related fields students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management landed the #3 spot on the list. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public institution located in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Kettering University
Flint, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kettering University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Flint, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lawrence Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Southfield, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Purdue University Northwest did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Hammond, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

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University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio

University of Dayton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Oakland University
Rochester Hills, Michigan

Oakland University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oakland is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 48 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 70 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

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Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 43 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Engineering-Related Fields Report

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

With a ranking of #14, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 22 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Michigan Engineering-Related Fields Report

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #17, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 17 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Northern Illinois University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 19 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Illinois University Engineering-Related Fields Report

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 62 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

With a ranking of #20, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wayne State is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 24 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

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Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

With a ranking of #22, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 10 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

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Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

With a ranking of #23, Indiana State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Purdue University Fort Wayne came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. PFW is a public institution located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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