2024 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Systems Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #115 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 doctor's degrees in systems engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to systems engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of systems engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for systems engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized systems engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for systems engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Systems Engineering in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Systems Engineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

3 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in systems engineering. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in systems engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

8 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in systems engineering needs to check out Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in systems engineering from Boston University

Best Systems Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best systems engineering schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	11
New Hampshire	47	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Systems Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Systems Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Systems Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Systems Engineering	11

Majors Similar to Systems Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	144
Biomedical Engineering	112
Mechanical Engineering	112
Chemical Engineering	76
Materials Engineering	49
Computer Engineering	47
Civil Engineering	46
Engineering Science	41
General Engineering	24
Environmental Engineering	23

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to luis gomes. More about our data sources and methodologies.