Systems Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #160 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Systems Engineering Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 108 degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
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 Systems Engineering Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.
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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 systems engineering degree levels they offer.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in systems engineering. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus make $16,416 more than the typical systems engineering student.
Every student pursuing a degree in systems engineering has to check out Kennesaw State University. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw.
Students who graduate with their degree from the systems engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $62,015.
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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