If you plan on majoring in engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #7 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,418 degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The 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 Engineering Schools in Arizona.
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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.
Any student who is interested in engineering has to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2566 engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering program make an average of $73,751 in their early career salary.
University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 797 engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make around $71,212 in their early career salary.
Northern Arizona University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in engineering. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Flagstaff. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 299 engineering students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year. After graduation, engineering degree recipients usually make around $62,802 in the first five years of their career.
Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. ASU - Skysong is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 389 engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year. Engineering degree recipients from Arizona State University - Skysong get an earnings boost of about $11,747 over the average earnings of engineering majors.
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).