2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Systems Engineering is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 83 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,373 and $21,616 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in systems engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Arizona

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

$97,471 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

#7 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in Arizona. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 1 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Systems Engineering at ASU - Skysong

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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