2025 Best General Systems Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
4Colleges in Massachusetts
326General Systems Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general systems engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #209 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for general systems engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 326 degrees in general systems engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Systems Engineering School
Your choice of general systems 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 general systems 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.
General Systems Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
The general systems 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 Systems Engineering Schools in Massachusetts.
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Best Schools for General Systems Engineering in Massachusetts
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general systems engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Massachusetts Schools in General Systems Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general systems engineering. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 219 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general systems engineering. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester. This school ranks 8th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 31 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in general systems engineering needs to take a look at Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in general systems engineering has to check out Northeastern University. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 54 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to General Systems Engineering
General Systems Engineering is one of 0 different types of Systems Engineering programs to choose from.
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).
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Your choice of general systems 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 general systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
