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2023 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

39 Colleges
$85,930 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 3,548 people earned a degree or certificate in general engineering, making the major the #64 most popular in the United States.

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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 39 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 General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best school for general engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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#5

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Villanova University is a great place for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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#8

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UARK is a very large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

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#9

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UGA is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree general engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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General Engineering by Region

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

General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 Rémi Kaupp.

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