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2023 Most Popular Engineering Science Master's Degree Schools

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

In 2020-2021, 451 people earned a degree or certificate in engineering science, making the major the #178 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Engineering Science Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Science program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for engineering science students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Women make up 38% of the engineering science majors at the school.

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#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

Women make up 45% of the engineering science majors at the school.

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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in engineering science at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#4

Kettering University

Flint, MI

Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Kettering University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Flint, Kettering is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in engineering science at Kettering, 96% are male and 4% are female.

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#5

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the city of Toledo.

Women make up 27% of the engineering science majors at the school.

Full Engineering Science at University of Toledo Report

#6

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering science programs. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in engineering science at Ole Miss, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering science students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in engineering science at Carnegie Mellon, 74% are male and 26% are female.

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#8

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

University of New Orleans ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools list. UNO is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Women make up 31% of the engineering science majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering science programs. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Women make up 13% of the engineering science majors at the school.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering science students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Women make up 43% of the engineering science majors at the school.

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Far Western US
Southwest
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One of 39 majors within the area of study, engineering science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Engineering Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.

  • 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 Nicolás Pérez.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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