2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 192 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,113 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree engineering science students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Toledo Engineering Science Report

2

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 7 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

#12 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 0 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Engineering Science at Case Western Reserve University

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 3 doctorate’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Science at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.