2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Mississippi
3Colleges in Mississippi
240Engineering 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 240 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.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Engineering Schools in Mississippi.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in Mississippi
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.
Mississippi State University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were about 32 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Mississippi is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University. A Best Colleges rank of #550 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ole Miss is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 10th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 107 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
