Highest Job Growth Master's Engineering Programs

These are the highest job growth master's engineering programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Columbia University in the City of New York leading at 12.5%.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Growth	Completers
1	Columbia University in the City of New York	Operations Research	NY	12.5%	380
2	University of California-Berkeley	Operations Research	CA	12.5%	194
3	Cornell University	Operations Research	NY	12.5%	163
4	Naval Postgraduate School	Operations Research	CA	12.5%	91
5	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Operations Research	GA	12.5%	59
6	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Operations Research	IL	12.5%	34
7	Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management	Operations Research	OH	12.5%	32
8	Case Western Reserve University	Operations Research	OH	12.5%	28
9	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Operations Research	NC	12.5%	25
10	University of Southern California	Operations Research	CA	12.5%	21
11	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Operations Research	NY	12.5%	20
12	Northeastern University	Operations Research	MA	12.5%	13
13	Rice University	Operations Research	TX	12.5%	13
14	Princeton University	Operations Research	NJ	12.5%	12
15	Florida Institute of Technology	Operations Research	FL	12.5%	7
16	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Operations Research	MA	12.5%	7
17	Kansas State University	Operations Research	KS	12.5%	6
18	George Mason University	Operations Research	VA	12.5%	6
19	Carnegie Mellon University	Operations Research	PA	12.5%	5
20	Northeastern University	Computer Engineering	MA	7.7%	767
21	New York University	Computer Engineering	NY	7.7%	581
22	San Jose State University	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	496
23	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Computer Engineering	AZ	7.7%	307
24	Santa Clara University	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	261
25	Carnegie Mellon University	Computer Engineering	PA	7.7%	205
26	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Computer Engineering	NC	7.7%	176
27	University of California-Irvine	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	144
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Computer Engineering	MI	7.7%	132
29	University of New Haven	Computer Engineering	CT	7.7%	124
30	Harvard University	Computer Engineering	MA	7.7%	94
31	Texas A&M University-College Station	Computer Engineering	TX	7.7%	91
32	California State University-Fullerton	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	90
33	University of California-San Diego	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	89
34	The University of Texas at Dallas	Computer Engineering	TX	7.7%	88
35	Oklahoma Christian University	Computer Engineering	OK	7.7%	85
36	Stevens Institute of Technology	Computer Engineering	NJ	7.7%	83
37	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Computer Engineering	VA	7.7%	81
38	University of Southern California	Computer Engineering	CA	7.7%	79
39	Duke University	Computer Engineering	NC	7.7%	76
40	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Computer Engineering	OH	7.7%	74
41	University of Houston-Clear Lake	Computer Engineering	TX	7.7%	72
42	George Mason University	Computer Engineering	VA	7.7%	66
43	Kennesaw State University	Computer Engineering	GA	7.7%	64
44	The University of Texas at Arlington	Computer Engineering	TX	7.7%	62
45	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	Computer Engineering	PA	7.7%	60
46	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Computer Engineering	OH	7.7%	58
47	Illinois Institute of Technology	Computer Engineering	IL	7.7%	55
48	University of Louisville	Computer Engineering	KY	7.7%	51
49	Rochester Institute of Technology	Computer Engineering	NY	7.7%	51
50	Syracuse University	Computer Engineering	NY	7.7%	46

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes master's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.