Best Engineering Colleges in Georgia (2026)
Updated
This page lists the 5 colleges in Georgia that report an Engineering earnings cohort, ordered by median earnings of Engineering graduates four years after completing. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ranks 1st on this list, with median earnings of $107,909 for its Engineering graduates four years after completing.
Across the 2 schools with a reported completion median, median earnings range from $107,909 to $88,413, and the median stands at $98,161.
The list is 80% public, with 4 public institutions and 1 private nonprofit school. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus posts the lowest average net price at $12,116, and it also reports the highest six-year completion rate at 94%.
Kennesaw State University ranks 24th on Azimuth's composite ranking among the 1,467 public and private nonprofit four-year institutions Azimuth ranks nationally.
The ranked list
| Rank | School | Median Engineering Earnings | Average net price | Net price, families under $30K | Admission rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Atlanta, GA | $107,909 | $12,116 | $7,666 | 14.1% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus reports $107,909 in median earnings of Engineering graduates four years after completing and an admission rate of 14%. | |||||
Largest programs by graduates in the earnings cohort: Mechanical Engineering (421 graduates), Industrial Engineering (382 graduates), Biomedical/Medical Engineering (278 graduates) Highest four-year median earnings by program: Computer Engineering ($128,497), Industrial Engineering ($128,003), Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($111,655) | |||||
| 2 | University of Georgia · Athens, GA | $91,557 | $13,936 | $8,085 | 37.7% |
| University of Georgia ranks 2nd on this list and shows a six-year completion rate of 90%. | |||||
Largest programs by graduates in the earnings cohort: Mechanical Engineering (174 graduates), Biological/Biosystems Engineering (59 graduates), Civil Engineering (58 graduates) | |||||
| 3 | Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA | $89,877 | $15,048 | $12,235 | 69.2% |
| With an average net price of $15,048, Kennesaw State University ranks 24th on Azimuth's composite ranking among the 1,467 public and private nonprofit four-year institutions Azimuth ranks nationally. | |||||
Largest programs by graduates in the earnings cohort: Mechanical Engineering (259 graduates), Computer Engineering (116 graduates), Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (103 graduates) Highest four-year median earnings by program: Computer Engineering ($103,054), Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($96,935), Mechanical Engineering ($88,860) | |||||
| 4 | Mercer University · Macon, GA | $88,413 | $23,847 | $19,817 | 68.9% |
| Mercer University, a private nonprofit university in Macon, posts median earnings of $88,413 for its Engineering graduates four years after completing. | |||||
Largest programs by graduates in the earnings cohort: Engineering, General (131 graduates), Civil Engineering (13 graduates) Highest four-year median earnings by program: Engineering, General ($88,413) | |||||
| 5 | Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA | $87,886 | $15,267 | $12,162 | 87.9% |
| Georgia Southern University admits 88% of applicants and has an average net price of $12,162 for families earning under $30,000. | |||||
Largest programs by graduates in the earnings cohort: Mechanical Engineering (157 graduates), Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (59 graduates), Civil Engineering (33 graduates) Highest four-year median earnings by program: Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($95,467), Mechanical Engineering ($87,731), Civil Engineering ($78,034) | |||||
How this list is ordered
Schools are ordered by the median earnings of their Engineering graduates four years after completing, highest first. The figure is the median for federally aided Engineering graduates who were working and not enrolled four years after completing. It does not adjust for graduate school enrollment, cost, or who enrolls, and it is not a measure of teaching quality. The figures cited on this page cover the 2 schools with a reported completion median. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus reports $107,909, and the spread from that top figure to the lowest published value is $19,496.
Job market context in Georgia
In Georgia, Engineering graduates enter occupations such as Civil Engineers, Industrial Engineers, and Mechanical Engineers. The median annual wage across those occupations is $111,492, and a quarter of workers in those occupations earn less than $88,624. Projections for 2024 to 2034 put employment in those occupations about 12.1% higher, with about 197 openings a year for every hundred graduates, more projected openings than graduates. Wages and top occupations exclude management occupations; openings include them. The ranking above uses graduate earnings four years after completing, a different measure from the occupation-wide figures described here.