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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,200 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 262 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in manufacturing engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students.

Top 13 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a public institution located in Platteville, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Wisconsin - Platteville Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio Northern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. ONU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ada, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Jackson College
Jackson, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Jackson, Michigan, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Jackson College

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Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Full Lake Superior State University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 97 bachelors’s manufacturing 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%.

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With a ranking of #6, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Trine is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

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. 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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University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, Indiana

University of Southern Indiana ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Southern Indiana is located in Evansville, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at USI

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Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Michigan University Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

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Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

Indiana State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Indiana State University is a medium-sized school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 7 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Indiana State

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University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at University of Akron Main Campus

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Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois

Bradley University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bradley University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Bradley

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Eastern Michigan University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Manufacturing Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

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