by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 85,188 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 14,715 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,609 and $22,191 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering technologies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering tech degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 10 doctorate’s engineering tech 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full Michigan State University Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 5 doctorate’s engineering tech 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Engineering Technologies Report
University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 66 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees 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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