When it comes to popularity, applied engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #755 out of 1506 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for applied engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 494 degrees in applied engineering to qualified students.
The applied engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Applied Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for applied 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Engineering Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Applied Engineering in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of applied engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you wish to pursue a degree in applied engineering. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 64 applied engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you want to pursue a degree in applied engineering. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 146 applied engineering students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts Maritime Academy if you wish to pursue a degree in applied engineering. Maritime is a small public school located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay. This school ranks 30th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 51 applied engineering students who graduated with this degree at Maritime in the most recent data year.
Georgia Southern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in applied engineering. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 9 applied engineering students who graduated with this degree at GaSou 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).
The applied engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Applied Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for applied engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
