If you plan on getting your master's degree in
engineering-related fields, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 76 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of engineering-related fields. Combined, these schools handed out 4,053 master's degrees in engineering-related fields to qualified students.
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Your choice of engineering-related fields for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
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 Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 engineering-related fields students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of engineering-related fields students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- 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 much debt engineering-related fields students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering-related fields related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering-related fields students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering-related fields needs to check out Stanford University. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford.
Engineering-Related Fields master's degree recipients from Stanford University earn a boost of about $32,144 above the typical earnings of engineering-related fields majors.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering-related fields has to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.
Master's recipients from the engineering-related fields program at Northwestern University make $19,990 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in engineering-related fields needs to take a look at George Washington University. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.
Engineering-Related Fields master's degree recipients from George Washington University receive an earnings boost of around $13,537 above the typical income of engineering-related fields majors.
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Duke University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
Those engineering-related fields students who get their master's degree from Duke University make $6,451 more than the standard engineering-related fields graduate.
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Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford.
Master's recipients from the engineering-related fields major at Tufts University earn $29,751 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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