by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,768 people earned their degree in engineering technology (other), making the major the 210th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering technology (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,018 and had an average of $21,991 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 424 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,828 and $22,112 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technology (other).
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other engineering tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shawnee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Portsmouth, Ohio, this small public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at Shawnee State University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Firelands landed the #2 spot on the list. BGSU-Firelands is a small school located in Huron, Ohio that handed out 9 bachelors’s other engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at BGSU-Firelands
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. BGSU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 75 bachelors’s other engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technology (Other) at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s other engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at Eastern Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern Michigan College is located in Traverse City, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s other engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Northwestern Michigan College Engineering Technology (Other) Report
Siena Heights University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at Siena Heights University
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other engineering tech degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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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