2023 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You
With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the Southeast Region for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great place for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 64 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
Virginia Tech landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree engineering programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
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Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Georgia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree engineering programs. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC |
| 12 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR |
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 178 |
| Florida | 2,629 |
| North Carolina | 1,668 |
| Virginia | 1,286 |
| Tennessee | 508 |
| Georgia | 1,617 |
| South Carolina | 617 |
| Louisiana | 293 |
| West Virginia | 158 |
| Kentucky | 281 |
| Arkansas | 193 |
| Alabama | 914 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering
Engineering Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 11,021 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 9,007 |
| Civil Engineering | 6,042 |
| Computer Engineering | 5,557 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 4,252 |
| General Engineering | 3,548 |
| Systems Engineering | 3,068 |
| Industrial Engineering | 3,028 |
| Chemical Engineering | 2,662 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 2,375 |
| Other Engineering | 1,820 |
| Materials Engineering | 1,810 |
| Operations Research | 1,191 |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering. | 928 |
| Environmental Engineering | 919 |
| Robotics Engineering | 560 |
| Engineering Science | 451 |
| Nuclear Engineering | 437 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 423 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 401 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 332 |
| Construction Engineering | 288 |
| Engineering Physics | 286 |
| Architectural Engineering | 243 |
| Geoscience Engineering | 173 |
| Polymer & Plastics Engineering | 167 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 144 |
| Mining Engineering | 132 |
| Ocean Engineering | 112 |
| Textile Engineering | 96 |
| Biological Engineering | 80 |
| Energy Systems Engineering | 79 |
| Marine Engineering | 44 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 40 |
| Biochemical Engineering | 21 |
| Ceramic Engineering | 20 |
| Electromechanical Engineering | 16 |
| Surveying Engineering | 11 |
| Paper Science & Engineering | 7 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
| Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
| Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
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).
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