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2023 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

20 Colleges
$160,692 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Systems Engineering is the #146 most popular major in the country with 3,904 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 20 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor'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 Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for systems engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best systems engineering schools in the United States. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - San Diego did quite well on this year’s best schools for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree systems engineering programs. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Systems Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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).
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