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2025 Best Other Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

11 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
540 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$84,322 Avg Early-Career Salary
Other Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #177 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for other engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 540 degrees in other engineering annually.

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Choosing a Great Other Engineering School

Best Other Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of other engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Engineering 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.

Other Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Other Engineering
Master's Degrees in Other Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Other Engineering

The other engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Other Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Other Engineering

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
101 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
7.9% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in other engineering needs to look into Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were approximately 101 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the other engineering degree program at Northwestern University get $77,825 more than the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
78 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
11.5% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in other engineering. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 78 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, other engineering degree recipients generally make about $78,734 in their early careers.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
97 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
6.2% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in other engineering. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.

There were about 97 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available. Other Engineering degree recipients from Purdue University - Main Campus earn a boost of approximately $19,394 above the typical earnings of other engineering majors.

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4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

Every student who is interested in other engineering needs to take a look at University of Michigan - Dearborn. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Dearborn. This university ranks 21st out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were approximately 27 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at UM Dearborn in the most recent data year.

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5

U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were roughly 13 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the other engineering degree program at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor make $10,845 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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Michigan State crest
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
42 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
7.1% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 42 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the other engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $67,007.

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7

Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 26 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year. After graduation, other engineering degree recipients generally earn an average of $69,685 at the beginning of their careers.

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8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IL

Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were roughly 11 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MI
13.3% Growth in Graduates

Wayne State is a very large public university located in the city of Detroit. This university ranks 9th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were approximately 15 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.

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10
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OH

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Athens. This university ranks 7th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were approximately 5 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.

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Best Other Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best other engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 160
Ohio 314 88
Illinois 304 140
Indiana 294 94
Wisconsin 273 2

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Other Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Other Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Engineering 540

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 7,839
Electrical Engineering 4,071
Computer Engineering 3,068
Civil Engineering 2,640
Chemical Engineering 2,255
Biomedical Engineering 1,942
Industrial Engineering 1,686
General Engineering 1,677
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 1,443
Materials Engineering 731

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