General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #79 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 291 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Georgia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in general engineering has to look into University of Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Mercer University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 19th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 131 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, engineering degree recipients typically earn around $72,403 in their early careers.
Georgia Southern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 9 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
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).
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The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
