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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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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.

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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

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 working on their graduate certificate. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Women make up 17% of the engineering majors at the school.

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 11% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 89% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great place for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

About 27% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 73% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Women make up 15% of the engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate 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.

Of the 46 students majoring in engineering at Michigan Tech, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

Women make up 34% of the engineering majors at the school.

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Naval Postgraduate School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

Of the 537 students majoring in engineering at Naval Postgraduate School, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate engineering programs. Auburn is a very large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

About 23% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 77% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Detroit Mercy did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.

Of the 29 students majoring in engineering at Detroit Mercy, 86% are male and 14% are female.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in engineering at Colorado State, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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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 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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