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2023 Most Popular Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

8 Colleges
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 1,617 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Georgia to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Georgia. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 25% of the engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Kennesaw State University is a great place for engineering students working on their master’s degree. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

Women make up 19% of the engineering majors at the school.

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#3

Mercer University

Macon, GA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Mercer University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great place for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in engineering at UGA, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Georgia Southern University is a great place for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 11% of the engineering majors at the school.

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Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

About 63% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 38% are male.

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#7

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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Georgia State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 178
Florida 2,629
Virginia 1,286
Tennessee 508
North Carolina 1,668
West Virginia 158
Louisiana 293
South Carolina 617
Kentucky 281
Arkansas 193
Alabama 914

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

Majors Similar to Engineering

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 8 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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