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Most Popular Online Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Online Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 school in the New England Region offering online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for engineering majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Worcester Polytechnic Institute the most popular online school in the New England Region for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in engineering at WPI, 76% are male and 24% are female.

Full Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

Explore the most popular online engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 4,656
Rhode Island 164
Connecticut 653
New Hampshire 233
Maine 43
Vermont 65

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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

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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