by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 192 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general engineering science 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 Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree engineering science students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Principia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Elsah, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hanover College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Hanover, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alma College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Alma is a private not-for-profit institution located in Alma, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lisle, Illinois. It awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Muskingum University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Muskingum is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Concord, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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Millikin University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Millikin is located in Decatur, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Siena Heights University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
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