2023 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Engineering program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Arkansas to be the most popular school for general engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.
Of the 47 students majoring in engineering at UARK, 83% are male and 17% are female.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great place for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.
Women make up 24% of the engineering majors at the school.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.
Women make up 24% of the engineering majors at the school.
Read full report on General Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 29 students majoring in engineering at UWM, 79% are male and 21% are female.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State.
Women make up 31% of the engineering majors at the school.
Read full report on General Engineering at Mississippi State University
Old Dominion University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
Of the 23 students majoring in engineering at Old Dominion, 74% are male and 26% are female.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 26% of the engineering majors at the school.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
Women make up 33% of the engineering majors at the school.
Villanova University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Of the 17 students majoring in engineering at Villanova, 76% are male and 24% are female.
Read full report on General Engineering at Villanova University
Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree general engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 16 students majoring in engineering at RIT, 50% are male and 50% are female.
Read full report on General Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
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General Engineering Related Majors
General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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