Systems Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #160 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Systems Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 221 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the systems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in systems engineering needs to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 138 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, systems engineering degree recipients usually make an average of $99,016 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in systems engineering has to check out Virginia Tech. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. This school ranks 2nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 12 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
George Mason University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in systems engineering. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. This university ranks 4th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 52 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the systems engineering program earn around $94,240 for their early career.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
