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Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 6,553 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis to be the most popular school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Of the 12 students majoring in engineering-related fields at IUPUI, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

About 33% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 67% are male.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 197
Indiana 92
Wisconsin 62
Ohio 124
Illinois 18

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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