by our College Data Analytics TeamFor 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
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.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
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.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering. Located in the 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
Any student who is interested 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 fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Northwestern University
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering has to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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 city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Notre Dame
Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
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
Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Michigan State University
Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Houghton.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Michigan Technological University
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Terre Haute.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology
Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Case Western Reserve University
Located in the midsize 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
Located in the 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
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 |
Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .
| 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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