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2023 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Systems Engineering is the #69 most popular major in the country with 3,068 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for systems engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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Out of the 20 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washington University in St Louis is a great place for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree systems engineering programs. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree systems engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for systems engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Systems Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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