2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Systems Engineering

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

College students majoring in systems engineering are rather uncommon. Each area of study grants about 6,200 yearly bachelor's degrees; 834 people completed an undergraduate degree in systems engineering last May, making it the USA's 233rd most popular concentration. 127 of those students are now alumni of a single college, the University of Florida. 149 of those degrees were granted at schools in Virginia.

It can not be easy to discover the best institution, since 28 schools around the country grant bachelor's degrees in systems engineering. When compared to the average major, there are 85.4% fewer institutions offering bachelor's degrees in systems engineering, making it the 349th most broadly available degree in America.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last year, roughly two in every seven degrees in systems engineering were bachelor's degrees; 72% were graduate degrees. Systems engineering is the 79th most popular postgrad degree in the United States, with 2,134 degrees granted. To put that in context, the average subject is 30% more popular among master's & doctor's students than systems engineering.

In Total, 2,968 students received a bachelor's or higher in systems engineering last year.

ONLINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEGREES

470 of those 2,968 students (15.8%) came through comprehensively remote programs - 0 undergraduate students and 470 postgraduate students. It's currently the 58th most in-demand online master's or doctor's degree, and 23.7% shy of the national average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEGREES

• Last spring, 179 students completed a four-year degree in systems engineering partially online
• 23 colleges in the country offer undergraduate degrees in systems engineering partially online
• 21.46% of all undergrad degree in systems engineering are done partially online
• 1.13% of Texas A & M International University's​ last undergraduate class majored in systems engineering partially online, higher than any other American college
• Last spring, 2,134 students received graduate degrees in systems engineering partially online
• The average course of study gives out 1,368 annual undergraduate degrees partially online

IN-PERSON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEGREES

• Systems engineering is the 219th most popular totally in-person undergrad degree in the nation
• Fully in-person bachelor's degrees in systems engineering are available at 5 schools nationally
• 78.54% of all four-year degree in systems engineering are done completely in-person
• The University of Virginia-Main Campus​ awarded more in-person undergrad degrees in systems engineering than any other U.S. school (99)
• 31% of last year's comprehensively in-person degrees in systems engineering were four-year degrees; 69% were grad degrees
• The average major hands out 1,836 advanced degrees per year completely in-person