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2023 Most Popular Online General Engineering Schools

6 Colleges
$68,873 Avg Salary
$20,557 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online General Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the most popular online school in the United States for general engineering students. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

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#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

The excellent online programs at Old Dominion University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the United States. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

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The excellent online programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the United States. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

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Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for general engineering students pursuing an online degree. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Engineering Schools list. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

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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 6 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 Rémi Kaupp.

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