2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
106Systems Engineering Degrees Awarded
$102,528Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for systems engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 106 degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region
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.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Systems Engineering
Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in systems engineering. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
Students who graduate with their degree from the systems engineering program report average early career earnings of $83,874.
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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