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2023 Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools

62 Colleges
$101,131 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Systems Engineering Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 62 schools in the United States 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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Systems Engineering Master'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 master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best systems engineering schools in the United States. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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Out of the 62 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 4 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 62 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

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With a ranking of #6, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for systems engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Systems Engineering students that almost earned our Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
12 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA

Systems Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 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).
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