2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
1,012Systems Engineering Degrees Awarded
$102,528Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, systems engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #160 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,012 degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of systems engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Systems Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Systems Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of systems engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Systems Engineering
It is difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you want to pursue a degree in systems engineering. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 162 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year. Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Johns Hopkins University make $32,579 more than the typical systems engineering graduate.
University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in systems engineering. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 66 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Cornell University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in systems engineering. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 121 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Cornell University earn $14,927 more than the standard systems engineering grad.
Any student pursuing a degree in systems engineering needs to check out George Washington University. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 2nd out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 138 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. Systems Engineering degree recipients from George Washington University get an earnings boost of approximately $16,730 above the average earnings of systems engineering majors.
Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken. This school ranks 3rd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 307 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent data year. Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Stevens Institute of Technology make $8,349 more than the standard systems engineering student.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 16 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population. This school ranks 5th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 7 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year.
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 systems engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Systems Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
