2024 Best Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a doctor's degree in systems engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #115 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for systems engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 doctor's degrees in systems engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to systems engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of systems engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for systems engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized systems engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for systems engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Systems Engineering in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in systems engineering.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Systems Engineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

3 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in systems engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in systems engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

8 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in systems engineering has to check out Boston University. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in systems engineering from Boston University

Best Systems Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Systems Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire	47	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Systems Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Systems Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Systems Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Systems Engineering	11

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	113
Biomedical Engineering	83
Mechanical Engineering	83
Chemical Engineering	60
Materials Engineering	36
Computer Engineering	29
Civil Engineering	28
Engineering Science	23
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	19
Industrial Engineering	14

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to luis gomes. More about our data sources and methodologies.