A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 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.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,145 degrees in engineering annually.
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for 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.
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 Engineering Schools in Missouri.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering needs to take a look at Washington University in St Louis. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 601 engineering students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Washington University in St Louis make $5,168 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering has to check out Missouri University of Science and Technology. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Rolla. This university ranks 5th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 1352 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering program earn about $76,078 for their early career.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 512 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou 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 $72,160.
University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in engineering. UMKC is a large public university located in the large city of Kansas City. This university ranks 14th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 181 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $73,066.
Located in the large city of Kansas City, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 15th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 24 engineering students who graduated with this degree at MCC in the most recent data year.
SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #243 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SLU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 191 engineering students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career earnings of $67,240.
UMSL is a large public university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 11th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 80 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMSL in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program earn an average of $74,290 in the first couple years of working.
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).
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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