2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

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Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 136 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $97,100 and $26,844 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 113 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$101,792 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 113 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Systems Engineering at GWU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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