2025 Best Applied Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Applied Engineering isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #575 in popularity out of 1232 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of applied engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 276 bachelor's degrees in applied engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other applied engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for applied engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Applied Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Engineering in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied engineering.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Engineering

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

56 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in applied engineering has to check out Ohio University - Athens Campus. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in applied engineering from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA

46 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in applied engineering. Maritime is a small public school located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay.More information about a bachelor’s in applied engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Applied Engineering by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
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Other U.S. Territories
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Applied Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, Applied Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	2,387
Pre-Engineering	34

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.