a master's degree in systems engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 343 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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Systems Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 45 master's degrees in systems engineering to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on systems engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other systems engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt systems engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized systems engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for systems engineering students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
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Featured Systems Engineering Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in systems engineering. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Systems Engineering master's degree recipients from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus receive an earnings boost of around $20,293 over the typical earnings of systems engineering graduates.
Kennesaw State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in systems engineering. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.
After graduating, systems engineering master's recipients generally earn around $77,324 in the first five years of their career.
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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