2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Engineering 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.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Most Popular Online Engineering Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 46 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing an online .
Top 10 Most Popular Online Engineering Schools
Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Our 2023 rankings named Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management the most popular online school in the United States for engineering students. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the large suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Schools list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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Out of the 46 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.
Out of the 46 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
The excellent online programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the United States. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.
Old Dominion University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Schools ranking. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.
With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering students. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
Naval Postgraduate School ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering Schools list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey.
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Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.
With a ranking of #9, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Most Popular Online Engineering by Region
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Majors Related to Engineering
Engineering Majors to Study
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.
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