Engineering Degrees and Branches

Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering Architectural Engineering Biomedical/Medical Engineering Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering- General Construction Engineering Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering Engineering Mechanics Engineering Physics Engineering Science Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Forest Engineering Geological/Geophysical Engineering Industrial Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering Materials Engineering Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Mining and Mineral Engineering Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Nuclear Engineering Ocean Engineering Operations Research Petroleum Engineering Polymer/Plastics Engineering Surveying Engineering Systems Engineering Textile Sciences and Engineering

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredits college and university programs in engineering and engineering technology. ABET accreditation is based on a program's faculty, curriculum, and facilities; the achievement of a program's students; program improvements; and institutional commitment to specific principles of quality and ethics. Graduation from an ABET-accredited program may be required for engineers who need to be licensed.

Graduateshotline strongly recommends checking if your college/university program is ABET certified. List of top ranked engineering colleges. To get admission in top college, you need to have a good score in GRE or SAT (for BS), good GPA, good recommendation letters. Research work/experience helps in getting admission in MS/Ph.D.

Some branches of engineering are concentrated in particular industries and geographic areas; for example, petroleum engineering jobs tend to be located in States with sizable petroleum deposits, such as Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alaska, and California.

• Mechanical Engineering is most popular degree in US. Around 30,000 Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering degrees are awarded each year. Only 5,000 computer Engineering Degrees (BS) are awarded each year!
• Maximum degrees (BS) are awarded from following Colleges: Engineering Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech , Purdue University. They are the largest Engineering programs in US.
• Around 60,000 Masters (Engineering) are awarded each year. 9,000 of them are Computer Science Degree(which takes largest share in Masters Program).
• Overall engineering employment is expected to grow by 4 percent over the 2018-28 decade, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
• Job outlook for Aerospace Engineers (2018-2028) is slower than average.

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