2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 136 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $97,100 and $26,844 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 113 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$101,792 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 113 diplomas to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree systems engineering students list, GWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at GWU

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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