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Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

18 Colleges
$53,657 Avg Salary
$22,278 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology School for You

General Engineering Technology is the #27 most popular major in the country with 3,841 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best General Engineering Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering tech majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best General Engineering Technology Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Miami University - Hamilton the best school in the Great Lakes Region for general engineering technology students. Miami University - Hamilton is a small public school located in the large suburb of Hamilton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

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The excellent programs at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Angola.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Middletown. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Middletown is a small public school located in the small suburb of Middletown.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great place for general engineering technology students. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

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#6

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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Western Illinois University ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering technology students. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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#10

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #10, Ivy Tech Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering technology students. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best General Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 49
Ohio 181
Illinois 155

General Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Engineering Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

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 18 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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