by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 568 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 342 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering technology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 82 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Hamilton. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Miami University - Hamilton is a public institution located in Hamilton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Tuscarawas. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. New Philadelphia, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 53 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #4 spot on the list. UW - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 Illinois State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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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With a ranking of #6, Western Illinois University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Engineering Technology Report
Lawrence Technological University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Southfield, Michigan, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s engineering tech 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%.
Miami University - Middletown did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Miami University - Middletown is a small public school situated in Middletown, Ohio. It awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Full Miami University - Middletown Engineering Technology Report
Eastern Illinois University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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Indiana State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #12, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, University of Toledo did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school situated in Toledo, Ohio. It awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Trine is a small school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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