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Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$57,857 Avg Salary
$26,250 Avg Student Debt

In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online engineering tech bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 10% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana State University is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 147 students majoring in engineering tech at Indiana State, 87% are male and 13% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

Women make up 11% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena Heights University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Angola, Trine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in engineering tech at Trine, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Marquette.

Of the 31 students majoring in engineering tech at Northern Michigan University, 84% are male and 16% are female.

Full Engineering Technologies at Northern Michigan University Report

#7

DeVry University - Illinois

Naperville, IL

DeVry University - Illinois landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online bachelor’s degree engineering technologies programs. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Naperville.

About 11% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 89% are male.

Full Engineering Technologies at DeVry University - Illinois Report

Explore the most popular online engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,683
Michigan 2,800
Wisconsin 1,491
Ohio 4,134
Illinois 2,110

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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