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2024 Best Other Engineering Schools

72 Colleges in the United States
2,760 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$75,713 Avg Early-Career Salary
Other Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #177 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 72 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Engineering Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,760 degrees in other engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Other Engineering School

Best Other Engineering Schools Your choice of other engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Other Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Other Engineering
Master's Degrees in Other Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Other Engineering

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Best Schools for Other Engineering in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other engineering degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools in Other Engineering

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
93 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$140,321 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in other engineering needs to look into Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were approximately 93 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available. Other Engineering degree recipients from Northwestern University get an earnings boost of about $64,608 over the average earnings of other engineering majors.

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
113 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$55,933 Median Starting Salary

Stanford University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in other engineering. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.

There were roughly 113 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, other engineering degree recipients typically earn around $55,933 at the beginning of their careers.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MO
51 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded

Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in other engineering. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.

There were roughly 51 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In PA
12.5% Growth in Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in other engineering. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.

There were about 16 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
152 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$97,458 Median Starting Salary

USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 152 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Other Engineering degree recipients from University of Southern California receive an earnings boost of approximately $21,745 above the typical earnings of other engineering majors.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In PA
37 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were roughly 37 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In VA
37 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded

University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.

There were about 37 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
94 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$86,797 Median Starting Salary

UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.

There were roughly 94 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year. Those other engineering students who get their degree from University of California - San Diego receive $11,084 more than the standard other engineering student.

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9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
375 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded

Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 375 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.

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10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
44 Other Engineering Degrees Awarded
$68,270 Median Starting Salary

UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were about 44 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the other engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $68,270.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Other Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH
12 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
13 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
14 University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
15 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
16 Clemson University Clemson, SC
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
18 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN

Other Engineering by Region

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Other Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Other Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Engineering 2,760

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904

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