Systems Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #160 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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Systems Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 150 degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of systems engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for systems engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The systems engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Systems Engineering Schools in Michigan.
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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 systems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students interested in a degree in systems engineering. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 89 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the systems engineering program make an average of $102,847 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Michigan - Dearborn is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in systems engineering. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn. This university ranks 17th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 19 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UM Dearborn in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in systems engineering needs to take a look at Oakland University. Oakland is a large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills. A Best Colleges rank of #447 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were about 11 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
Lawrence Technological University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in systems engineering. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 11 systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lawrence Tech 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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