If you pursue a degree in general engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #96 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 310 degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 174 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 81 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Arizona if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 29 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
