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

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general systems engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #284 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 100 bachelor's degrees in general systems engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general systems engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general systems engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general systems engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general systems engineering.

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

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

83 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general systems engineering. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general systems engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

11 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Otterbein University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general systems engineering. Located in the large suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general systems engineering from Otterbein University

Best General Systems Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general systems engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	19
Illinois	558	73
Indiana	535	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Systems Engineering

General Systems Engineering is one of 0 different types of Systems Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to luis gomes. More about our data sources and methodologies.