2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

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General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 192 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general 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 general engineering science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering science.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General 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. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Toledo General 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. OHIO Athens is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full OHIO Athens General Engineering Science Report

3

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

#12 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Case Western is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Engineering Science at Case Western Reserve University

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 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, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #3 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full U-M General Engineering Science Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General 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.