2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
207Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$77,818Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #205 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 207 degrees in engineering science annually.
The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering science degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Engineering Science
Any student pursuing a degree in engineering science has to check out Kettering University. Located in the city of Flint, Kettering is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #417 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Kettering is a great university overall.
There were about 30 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Kettering in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Notre Dame if you want to pursue a degree in engineering science. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were about 54 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering science major at University of Notre Dame make $8,227 above the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Toledo is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 40 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at University of Toledo in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering science has to look into Wright State University - Main Campus. Wright State University - Main Campus is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Dayton. This university ranks 46th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 40 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Wright State University - Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
