Online Graduate Engineering 50 Colleges Population Comparison

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Total Student Population Comparison

The total student population of best Online Graduate Engineering schools is 1,743,036 with 896,483 female students and 846,553 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between best Online Graduate Engineering schools.

Among the best Online Graduate Engineering schools, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled students of 79,818, while Missouri University of Science and Technology has the least number of students of 7,154 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.

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Student Population Comparison Between Best Online Graduate Engineering Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	47,335	20,430	26,905
	2	Purdue University-Main Campus	58,658	34,856	23,802
	3	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	13,774	6,956	6,818
	4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	59,238	31,825	27,413
	5	Columbia University in the City of New York	35,173	15,887	19,286
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	52,855	24,997	27,858
	7	University of Southern California	46,566	21,836	24,730
	8	University of Wisconsin-Madison	51,044	23,932	27,112
	9	Johns Hopkins University	30,210	14,243	15,967
	10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	24,393	12,079	12,314
	11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	38,464	19,373	19,091
	12	George Washington University	25,374	9,655	15,719
	13	Texas A & M University-College Station	78,321	41,363	36,958
	14	University of Florida	56,311	24,863	31,448
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	79,818	41,632	38,186
	16	Auburn University	34,145	16,671	17,474
	17	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	12,770	10,273	2,497
	18	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	27,278	12,874	14,404
	19	Oregon State University	37,163	18,579	18,584
	20	University of Maryland-College Park	41,725	21,209	20,516
	21	Cornell University	26,793	12,696	14,097
	22	Kansas State University	20,295	9,390	10,905
	23	Missouri University of Science and Technology	7,154	5,424	1,730
	24	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	16,598	9,314	7,284
	25	Ohio State University-Main Campus	61,443	29,217	32,226
	26	The University of Alabama	40,846	17,368	23,478
	27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	38,857	21,926	16,931
	28	Stevens Institute of Technology	8,469	5,770	2,699
	29	University at Buffalo	31,903	16,348	15,555
	30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	45,026	20,939	24,087
	31	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	41,705	17,681	24,024
	32	Washington State University	25,685	11,714	13,971
	33	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	7,584	5,120	2,464
	34	California State University-Fullerton	43,662	18,958	24,704
	35	University of Arizona	56,365	25,449	30,916
	36	University of California-Riverside	26,384	12,810	13,574
	37	Drexel University	21,153	9,738	11,415
	38	University of Central Florida	69,713	32,056	37,657
	39	University of Connecticut	28,306	12,706	15,600
	40	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	38,728	17,837	20,891
	41	West Texas A & M University	9,045	3,745	5,300
	42	University of Arkansas	33,610	14,996	18,614
	43	Wright State University-Main Campus	10,603	4,829	5,774
	44	Florida International University	54,723	23,872	30,851
	45	George Mason University	39,766	19,381	20,385
	46	Michigan Technological University	7,403	5,199	2,204
	47	Lehigh University	7,692	3,975	3,717
	48	New Jersey Institute of Technology	13,247	9,123	4,124
	49	University of South Florida	49,622	20,819	28,803
	50	Villanova University	10,041	4,620	5,421
Total			1,743,036	846,553	896,483

Undergraduate Student Population

The total undergraduate population of best Online Graduate Engineering schools is 1,271,499 with 648,587 female students and 622,912 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between best Online Graduate Engineering schools.

Among the best Online Graduate Engineering schools, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 65,450, while Stevens Institute of Technology has the least number of undergraduate students of 4,236.

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Undergraduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Online Graduate Engineering Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	13,269	20,206
	2	Purdue University-Main Campus	44,819	26,428	18,391
	3	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	8,051	3,853	4,198
	4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	37,140	19,404	17,736
	5	Columbia University in the City of New York	9,164	4,605	4,559
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	15,920	18,534
	7	University of Southern California	20,630	9,882	10,748
	8	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	17,815	20,225
	9	Johns Hopkins University	6,356	2,752	3,604
	10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	19,701	9,847	9,854
	11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	28,422	14,264	14,158
	12	George Washington University	11,677	4,203	7,474
	13	Texas A & M University-College Station	60,710	32,263	28,447
	14	University of Florida	36,573	16,567	20,006
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	65,450	33,637	31,813
	16	Auburn University	27,907	13,718	14,189
	17	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	9,447	7,889	1,558
	18	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	22,364	10,552	11,812
	19	Oregon State University	31,253	15,869	15,384
	20	University of Maryland-College Park	31,133	15,805	15,328
	21	Cornell University	16,128	7,333	8,795
	22	Kansas State University	15,650	7,601	8,049
	23	Missouri University of Science and Technology	5,552	4,273	1,279
	24	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	12,122	6,905	5,217
	25	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	23,142	23,673
	26	The University of Alabama	34,389	14,970	19,419
	27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	31,035	17,586	13,449
	28	Stevens Institute of Technology	4,236	2,802	1,434
	29	University at Buffalo	20,359	11,049	9,310
	30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	33,033	16,375	16,658
	31	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	34,242	14,814	19,428
	32	Washington State University	21,455	10,005	11,450
	33	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	5,558	3,739	1,819
	34	California State University-Fullerton	38,760	17,086	21,674
	35	University of Arizona	44,848	20,115	24,733
	36	University of California-Riverside	22,600	10,713	11,887
	37	Drexel University	13,309	6,758	6,551
	38	University of Central Florida	59,552	27,774	31,778
	39	University of Connecticut	20,056	9,026	11,030
	40	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	30,564	14,211	16,353
	41	West Texas A & M University	6,926	2,936	3,990
	42	University of Arkansas	28,859	12,738	16,121
	43	Wright State University-Main Campus	7,505	3,353	4,152
	44	Florida International University	45,193	20,242	24,951
	45	George Mason University	28,334	14,505	13,829
	46	Michigan Technological University	6,013	4,259	1,754
	47	Lehigh University	5,911	3,075	2,836
	48	New Jersey Institute of Technology	10,200	7,082	3,118
	49	University of South Florida	38,525	16,662	21,863
	50	Villanova University	7,004	3,241	3,763
Total			1,271,499	622,912	648,587

Graduate Student Population

The total graduate population of best Online Graduate Engineering schools is 471,537 with 247,896 female students and 223,641 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between best Online Graduate Engineering schools.

Among the best Online Graduate Engineering schools, Columbia University in the City of New York has the most enrolled graduate students of 26,009, while Michigan Technological University has the least number of graduate students of 1,390.

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Graduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Online Graduate Engineering Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	13,860	7,161	6,699
	2	Purdue University-Main Campus	13,839	8,428	5,411
	3	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	5,723	3,103	2,620
	4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	22,098	12,421	9,677
	5	Columbia University in the City of New York	26,009	11,282	14,727
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	18,401	9,077	9,324
	7	University of Southern California	25,936	11,954	13,982
	8	University of Wisconsin-Madison	13,004	6,117	6,887
	9	Johns Hopkins University	23,854	11,491	12,363
	10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	4,692	2,232	2,460
	11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	10,042	5,109	4,933
	12	George Washington University	13,697	5,452	8,245
	13	Texas A & M University-College Station	17,611	9,100	8,511
	14	University of Florida	19,738	8,296	11,442
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	14,368	7,995	6,373
	16	Auburn University	6,238	2,953	3,285
	17	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	3,323	2,384	939
	18	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	4,914	2,322	2,592
	19	Oregon State University	5,910	2,710	3,200
	20	University of Maryland-College Park	10,592	5,404	5,188
	21	Cornell University	10,665	5,363	5,302
	22	Kansas State University	4,645	1,789	2,856
	23	Missouri University of Science and Technology	1,602	1,151	451
	24	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	4,476	2,409	2,067
	25	Ohio State University-Main Campus	14,628	6,075	8,553
	26	The University of Alabama	6,457	2,398	4,059
	27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	7,822	4,340	3,482
	28	Stevens Institute of Technology	4,233	2,968	1,265
	29	University at Buffalo	11,544	5,299	6,245
	30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	11,993	4,564	7,429
	31	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	7,463	2,867	4,596
	32	Washington State University	4,230	1,709	2,521
	33	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	2,026	1,381	645
	34	California State University-Fullerton	4,902	1,872	3,030
	35	University of Arizona	11,517	5,334	6,183
	36	University of California-Riverside	3,784	2,097	1,687
	37	Drexel University	7,844	2,980	4,864
	38	University of Central Florida	10,161	4,282	5,879
	39	University of Connecticut	8,250	3,680	4,570
	40	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	8,164	3,626	4,538
	41	West Texas A & M University	2,119	809	1,310
	42	University of Arkansas	4,751	2,258	2,493
	43	Wright State University-Main Campus	3,098	1,476	1,622
	44	Florida International University	9,530	3,630	5,900
	45	George Mason University	11,432	4,876	6,556
	46	Michigan Technological University	1,390	940	450
	47	Lehigh University	1,781	900	881
	48	New Jersey Institute of Technology	3,047	2,041	1,006
	49	University of South Florida	11,097	4,157	6,940
	50	Villanova University	3,037	1,379	1,658
Total			471,537	223,641	247,896

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between best Online Graduate Engineering schools. In undergraduate programs, out of total 1,271,499 students, 105,506 students (8.30%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 517,636 students (40.71%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 471,537 students, 125,150 students (26.54%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 66,543 students (14.11%) have learned from at least one online course.

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Online Course (Distance Learning) Population Comparison Between Best Online Graduate Engineering Schools
	Rank	Name	Undergraduate			Graduate
	Rank	Name	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	42 (0.13%)	4,946 (14.78%)	13,860	743 (5.36%)	589 (4.25%)
	2	Purdue University-Main Campus	44,819	951 (2.12%)	15,361 (34.27%)	13,839	3,951 (28.55%)	1,390 (10.04%)
	3	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	8,051	7,921 (98.39%)	129 (1.60%)	5,723	5,702 (99.63%)	17 (0.30%)
	4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	37,140	343 (0.92%)	22,545 (60.70%)	22,098	8,869 (40.13%)	2,286 (10.34%)
	5	Columbia University in the City of New York	9,164	4 (0.04%)	64 (0.70%)	26,009	1,495 (5.75%)	2,455 (9.44%)
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	41 (0.12%)	3,115 (9.04%)	18,401	1,438 (7.81%)	1,468 (7.98%)
	7	University of Southern California	20,630	28 (0.14%)	2,008 (9.73%)	25,936	6,049 (23.32%)	7,429 (28.64%)
	8	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	563 (1.48%)	9,815 (25.80%)	13,004	891 (6.85%)	1,181 (9.08%)
	9	Johns Hopkins University	6,356	630 (9.91%)	568 (8.94%)	23,854	11,779 (49.38%)	4,151 (17.40%)
	10	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	19,701	280 (1.42%)	13,437 (68.20%)	4,692	1,417 (30.20%)	614 (13.09%)
	11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	28,422	685 (2.41%)	12,160 (42.78%)	10,042	2,269 (22.60%)	1,361 (13.55%)
	12	George Washington University	11,677	416 (3.56%)	428 (3.67%)	13,697	3,573 (26.09%)	1,527 (11.15%)
	13	Texas A & M University-College Station	60,710	467 (0.77%)	25,270 (41.62%)	17,611	3,883 (22.05%)	1,562 (8.87%)
	14	University of Florida	36,573	1,517 (4.15%)	21,570 (58.98%)	19,738	6,855 (34.73%)	2,717 (13.77%)
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	65,450	3,384 (5.17%)	40,316 (61.60%)	14,368	453 (3.15%)	2,093 (14.57%)
	16	Auburn University	27,907	1,409 (5.05%)	10,339 (37.05%)	6,238	1,846 (29.59%)	532 (8.53%)
	17	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	9,447	8,640 (91.46%)	727 (7.70%)	3,323	3,117 (93.80%)	61 (1.84%)
	18	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	22,364	2,494 (11.15%)	11,337 (50.69%)	4,914	1,301 (26.48%)	1,179 (23.99%)
	19	Oregon State University	31,253	10,848 (34.71%)	7,998 (25.59%)	5,910	2,235 (37.82%)	699 (11.83%)
	20	University of Maryland-College Park	31,133	135 (0.43%)	8,515 (27.35%)	10,592	1,533 (14.47%)	842 (7.95%)
	21	Cornell University	16,128	-	593 (3.68%)	10,665	527 (4.94%)	979 (9.18%)
	22	Kansas State University	15,650	1,525 (9.74%)	7,234 (46.22%)	4,645	1,840 (39.61%)	682 (14.68%)
	23	Missouri University of Science and Technology	5,552	30 (0.54%)	2,591 (46.67%)	1,602	406 (25.34%)	348 (21.72%)
	24	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	12,122	2,445 (20.17%)	1,535 (12.66%)	4,476	2,644 (59.07%)	402 (8.98%)
	25	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	1,581 (3.38%)	31,935 (68.22%)	14,628	2,394 (16.37%)	3,021 (20.65%)
	26	The University of Alabama	34,389	3,400 (9.89%)	11,217 (32.62%)	6,457	2,889 (44.74%)	682 (10.56%)
	27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	31,035	164 (0.53%)	17,423 (56.14%)	7,822	1,413 (18.06%)	1,890 (24.16%)
	28	Stevens Institute of Technology	4,236	38 (0.90%)	1,265 (29.86%)	4,233	1,121 (26.48%)	1,404 (33.17%)
	29	University at Buffalo	20,359	510 (2.51%)	11,359 (55.79%)	11,544	2,153 (18.65%)	2,168 (18.78%)
	30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	33,033	4,338 (13.13%)	16,932 (51.26%)	11,993	4,684 (39.06%)	2,213 (18.45%)
	31	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	34,242	1,967 (5.74%)	16,318 (47.65%)	7,463	3,162 (42.37%)	691 (9.26%)
	32	Washington State University	21,455	3,090 (14.40%)	3,313 (15.44%)	4,230	889 (21.02%)	115 (2.72%)
	33	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	5,558	5 (0.09%)	289 (5.20%)	2,026	661 (32.63%)	481 (23.74%)
	34	California State University-Fullerton	38,760	2,741 (7.07%)	22,462 (57.95%)	4,902	1,035 (21.11%)	801 (16.34%)
	35	University of Arizona	44,848	8,959 (19.98%)	21,518 (47.98%)	11,517	3,522 (30.58%)	1,571 (13.64%)
	36	University of California-Riverside	22,600	147 (0.65%)	9,296 (41.13%)	3,784	116 (3.07%)	81 (2.14%)
	37	Drexel University	13,309	937 (7.04%)	4,283 (32.18%)	7,844	2,820 (35.95%)	1,038 (13.23%)
	38	University of Central Florida	59,552	8,871 (14.90%)	29,631 (49.76%)	10,161	3,637 (35.79%)	1,429 (14.06%)
	39	University of Connecticut	20,056	76 (0.38%)	5,810 (28.97%)	8,250	1,660 (20.12%)	1,439 (17.44%)
	40	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	30,564	440 (1.44%)	11,614 (38.00%)	8,164	2,736 (33.51%)	491 (6.01%)
	41	West Texas A & M University	6,926	1,516 (21.89%)	2,533 (36.57%)	2,119	1,652 (77.96%)	196 (9.25%)
	42	University of Arkansas	28,859	1,760 (6.10%)	7,993 (27.70%)	4,751	1,611 (33.91%)	319 (6.71%)
	43	Wright State University-Main Campus	7,505	579 (7.71%)	4,323 (57.60%)	3,098	452 (14.59%)	851 (27.47%)
	44	Florida International University	45,193	11,038 (24.42%)	21,115 (46.72%)	9,530	2,780 (29.17%)	1,908 (20.02%)
	45	George Mason University	28,334	3,997 (14.11%)	17,083 (60.29%)	11,432	3,438 (30.07%)	3,186 (27.87%)
	46	Michigan Technological University	6,013	21 (0.35%)	371 (6.17%)	1,390	331 (23.81%)	119 (8.56%)
	47	Lehigh University	5,911	-	72 (1.22%)	1,781	377 (21.17%)	218 (12.24%)
	48	New Jersey Institute of Technology	10,200	25 (0.25%)	1,975 (19.36%)	3,047	721 (23.66%)	891 (29.24%)
	49	University of South Florida	38,525	4,428 (11.49%)	23,640 (61.36%)	11,097	3,091 (27.85%)	2,273 (20.48%)
	50	Villanova University	7,004	80 (1.14%)	1,265 (18.06%)	3,037	989 (32.57%)	503 (16.56%)
Average			1,271,499	105,506 (8.30%)	517,636 (40.71%)	471,537	125,150 (26.54%)	66,543 (14.11%)

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