2024 Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your master's degree in other engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #91 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 46 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of other engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,409 master's degrees in other engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Other Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of other engineering 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt other engineering 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 other engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Other Engineering Schools

The other 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 Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Engineering in the United States

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

10 Top Schools for a Master's in Other Engineering

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

93 Annual Graduates

$140,321 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in other engineering. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those other engineering students who get their master's degree from Northwestern University make $41,358 more than the average other engineering grad.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from Northwestern University

2

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a master's degree in other engineering. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Stanford University

3

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

151 Annual Graduates

$97,458 Median Starting Salary

University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in other engineering. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, other engineering master's recipients usually make about $97,458 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of Southern California

4

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

43 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in other engineering. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Washington University in St Louis

5

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

37 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

6

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

33 Annual Graduates

$118,445 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those other engineering students who get their master's degree from University of California - San Diego make $19,482 more than the average other engineering graduate.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of California - San Diego

7

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

262 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Northeastern University

8

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

9

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

35 Annual Graduates

$98,166 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the other engineering program report average early career wages of $98,166.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

10

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

108 Annual Graduates

$85,072 Median Starting Salary

Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.

After graduating, other engineering master's recipients generally make around $85,072 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from Clemson University

Other Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Other Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Other Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Other Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	1,409

Majors Similar to Other Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	8,658
Mechanical Engineering	7,218
Computer Engineering	5,020
Civil Engineering	4,884
Biomedical Engineering	3,089
General Engineering	2,969
Industrial Engineering	2,483
Systems Engineering	2,186
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	1,880
Chemical Engineering	1,558

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.