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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Technologies is the 20th most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 3,128 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,932 and $22,842 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 865 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technologies.
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The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 233 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ferris State University Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan. Michigan Tech is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 79 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan Technological University Engineering Technologies Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southfield, Michigan. It awarded 19 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%.
Full Lawrence Technological University Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 86 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Eastern Michigan
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Northern Michigan University Engineering Technologies Report
Siena Heights University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan list. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Siena Heights University
Jackson College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking. Jackson College is a small school located in Jackson, Michigan that handed out 9 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Michigan State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #8. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 184 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Michigan State University
With a ranking of #9, Lake Superior State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan list. Lake Superior State University is a small public school situated in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. It awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Lake Superior State University
Wayne State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #10. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 70 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Saginaw Valley State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #11. Saginaw Valley State University is located in University Center, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Saginaw Valley State University
Western Michigan University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Central Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees 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%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Central Michigan University
Grand Valley State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Allendale, Michigan, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Grand Valley State University Engineering Technologies Report
Northwestern Michigan College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking. NMC is a small school located in Traverse City, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Madonna University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking. Madonna University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Baker College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan ranking. Owosso, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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