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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

39 Colleges
$83,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #21 most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 39 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for ME majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the Southeast Region for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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#6

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the city of Auburn.

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#7

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

With a ranking of #7, Clemson University did quite well on this year’s best schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #9 on this year’s Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,418
Virginia 947
North Carolina 918
Florida 2,254
Tennessee 603
Kentucky 391
South Carolina 715
Louisiana 453
Arkansas 280
Alabama 1,019
Mississippi 309
West Virginia 217

One of 40 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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