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2025 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

66 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
20,788 Bachelor's Degrees
$72,401 Avg Early-Career Salary
a bachelor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 66 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20,788 bachelor's degrees in engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Choosing a Great Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

13 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,107 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
319 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in engineering has to take a look at Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Northwestern University

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,818 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering has to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,006 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering needs to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
310 Annual Graduates

Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Notre Dame

6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2,251 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,726 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Ohio State University - Main Campus

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
853 Annual Graduates

Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Michigan State University

9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
691 Annual Graduates

Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Houghton.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Michigan Technological University

10
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
308 Annual Graduates

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology

11
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
403 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Case Western Reserve University

12
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
405 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Dayton

13
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
813 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
14 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
15 Kettering University Flint, MI
16 Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI
17 University of Michigan - Dearborn Dearborn, MI
18 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
19 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
20 Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI
21 Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH
22 Hope College Holland, MI

Best Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 35 5,354
Ohio 34 6,088
Illinois 34 3,938
Indiana 33 3,730
Wisconsin 31 2,633

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 5,763
Computer Engineering 2,681
Electrical Engineering 2,646
Civil Engineering 1,943
Chemical Engineering 1,670
Biomedical Engineering 1,409
Industrial Engineering 1,120
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 877
General Engineering 467
Materials Engineering 368

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 18,392
Mathematics & Statistics 4,597
Physical Sciences 4,059
Engineering Technologies 3,552
Natural Resources & Conservation 3,182
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 2,647
Architecture & Related Services 1,311
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 61
Science Technologies / Technicians 40

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