2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Minnesota
3Colleges in Minnesota
195Engineering Degrees Awarded
$77,930Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #79 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Schools in Minnesota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 195 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. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #412 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Minnesota State Mankato is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career wages of $68,044.
Normandale Community College is a good option for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Bloomington. This college ranks 18th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 39 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Normandale Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Century College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general engineering. Located in the suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 15th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 16 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Century College 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. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
