If you plan on getting your master's degree in general engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 54 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 3,783 master's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their master'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 General Engineering Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Engineering in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general engineering has to take a look at University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.
General Engineering master's degree recipients from University of California - Los Angeles receive an earnings boost of around $35,283 over the typical earnings of general engineering graduates.
Brown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from Brown University
UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.
General Engineering master's degree recipients from University of Maryland - College Park earn a boost of approximately $7,117 over the average income of general engineering graduates.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's recipients from the general engineering major at University of Wisconsin - Madison make $12,765 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
UNL is a very large public university located in the city of Lincoln.
General Engineering master's degree recipients from University of Nebraska - Lincoln receive an earnings boost of about $9,819 over the typical income of general engineering majors.
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).
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
