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2023 Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the United States for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the United States. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great place for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Michigan Technological University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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Colorado School of Mines ranked #7 on this year’s Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Villanova University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate general engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #9 on this year’s Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small 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 14 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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