by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,712 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,207 and $23,456 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general engineering programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 29 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Dayton, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Wright State University - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 8 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Cleveland State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 7 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. IU Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington General Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus
University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #7. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 9 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Akron Main Campus General Engineering Report
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