2024 Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
185Construction Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in construction engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #455 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for construction engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 185 degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of construction engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Construction Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Construction Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the construction engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Construction Engineering
Every student who is interested in construction engineering needs to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 10 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in construction engineering. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in construction engineering needs to take a look at Illinois Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 16 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Lawrence Technological University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in construction engineering. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 3 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lawrence Tech in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in construction engineering has to look into Marquette University. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #130 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were about 6 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available.
UIC is a very large public university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 19 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.
UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were about 40 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
BGSU is a large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green. This university ranks 23rd out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 55 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of construction engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Construction Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
