2023 Most Popular 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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering science. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

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

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

1

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Toledo Engineering Science Report

2

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Engineering Science Report

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Full U-M Engineering Science Report

3

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

#12 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #3 spot on the list. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

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

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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.