2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
4Colleges in Massachusetts
326Systems 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 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 326 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.
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 Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Systems Engineering in Massachusetts
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in systems engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were roughly 219 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year. Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology receive $48,743 more than the average systems engineering grad.
It is difficult to beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute if you wish to pursue a degree in systems engineering. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester. This school ranks 8th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 31 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year. Those systems engineering students who get their degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute earn $24,613 more than the average systems engineering grad.
Any student who is interested in systems engineering has to check out Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 22 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Northeastern University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in systems engineering. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 54 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern 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.
