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2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in Georgia

8 Colleges
$70,930 Avg Salary
$26,633 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering 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 Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Georgia to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the most popular school in Georgia for engineering students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

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#3

Mercer University

Macon, GA

The excellent programs at Mercer University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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#6

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

With a ranking of #6, Georgia Southern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a very large student population.

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Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Schools in Georgia ranking. SCAD is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Savannah.

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Georgia State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Georgia State is a very 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 Schools 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.

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