2025 Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Systems Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #67 most popular master'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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for systems engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 120 master's degrees in systems engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 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 much a school focuses on systems engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other systems engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 systems 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 systems engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Systems Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Systems Engineering in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Systems Engineering

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

30 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in systems engineering. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in systems engineering from University of Pennsylvania

2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

13 Annual Graduates

Drexel University is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in systems engineering. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in systems engineering from Drexel University

Best Systems Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Systems Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	97
Maryland	193	222
New Jersey	188	117
District of Columbia	154	85

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Systems Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

Systems Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Systems Engineering	120

Majors Similar to Systems Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	536
Mechanical Engineering	363
Computer Engineering	243
Biomedical Engineering	235
Civil Engineering	154
Chemical Engineering	129
Materials Engineering	82
Robotics Engineering	71
Industrial Engineering	60
Architectural Engineering	58

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.