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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

9 Colleges
$80,505 Avg Salary

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 90 students majoring in engineering at Auburn, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

Women make up 13% of the engineering majors at the school.

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#3

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Old Dominion University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 45% of the engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Southeast Region . NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Women make up 83% of the engineering majors at the school.

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#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Of the 4 students majoring in engineering at UNO, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#6

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University 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 #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in engineering at GMU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Florida International University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

With a ranking of #8, Clemson University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their online graduate certificate. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Women make up 58% of the engineering majors at the school.

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#8

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online engineering colleges 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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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 9 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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