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Penn State World Campus delivers Penn State's online engineering degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering offered with Penn State Behrend, and master's degrees in civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, nuclear and software engineering. Graduate tuition is charged per credit, and the online Master of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering includes a short residential laboratory at University Park for students without a nuclear engineering background.

Online engineering programs at Penn State World Campus

7 eligible programs verified (1 bachelor's, 6 master's); formats: online coursework. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Online Engineering Bachelor's Degrees

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Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Software Engineering

Bachelor'sBS ABET EAC · online not listed Fully onlineFirst-year entryTransfer entry
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: Length not published · 126 credits
Tuition: $644 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester, 59 or fewer total credits · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $81,144 (126 credits × $644 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: June 30, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Online Engineering Master's Degrees

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Penn State World Campus

Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering

Master'sMEng Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: Length not published · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $31,440 (30 credits × $1,048 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Master'sMEng Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Part-time
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: within two years (part-time, two courses a semester) · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $31,440 (30 credits × $1,048 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: August 3, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Master'sMEng Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: One to Two Years (3-4 courses each semester) to Three to Four Years (1 course each semester) (depends on courses per semester) · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $31,440 (30 credits × $1,048 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: July 15, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Master of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering

Master'sMEng
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Online courseworkCoursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Online coursework; required in person: on-campus lab session, in-person laboratory
Duration: One to Two Years (3-4 courses each semester) to Three to Four Years (1 course each semester) (depends on courses per semester) · 30 credits
Tuition: $1,167 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $35,010 (30 credits × $1,167 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: July 15, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Master'sMS Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: Length not published · 32 credits
Tuition: $1,167 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $37,344 (32 credits × $1,167 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: July 15, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Master of Software Engineering (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Software Engineering

Software Engineering

Master'sMSE Fully online
Location: University Park, PASchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: two years (cohort schedule with courses in fall, spring and summer) · 36 credits
Tuition: $1,048 per credit · All students — 2026-27, 11 or fewer credits per semester · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $37,728 (36 credits × $1,048 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: July 20, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1921 · next review 01/01/2032

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation (recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's DAPIP database) covers the whole institution. It is not a ranking and does not describe any one program.

Departments and schools

Academic units that administer the listed programs.

Published enrollment restrictions

State authorization rules decide whether the university can enroll you in an online program from your state. The university's location never decides it.

State authorization

  • Penn State participates in NC-SARA and is individually approved to offer programs in California.
    Source: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists online engineering bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees in 22 majors. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (campus-only degrees, certificates, engineering management or systems engineering, professional doctorates…). Not listing a campus degree says nothing about its quality.
  • Master of Engineering in Acoustics (online) (Master of Engineering in Acoustics)discipline outside the 22 directory majorsSource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Master of Engineering in Additive Manufacturing and Design (online)discipline outside the 22 directory majorsSource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering (online)discipline outside the 22 directory majorsSource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Engineering Management Master's Degree (online)discipline outside the 22 directory majorsSource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Master of Artificial Intelligence - AI Engineering Option (online)discipline outside the 22 directory majors (artificial intelligence)Source: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) (online) (Doctor of Engineering)professional doctorate or out-of-scope doctorate, outside the PhD directorySource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Electrical Engineering Postbaccalaureate Certificate and engineering graduate certificates (online)certificates are outside the degree directorySource: worldcampus.psu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Penn State World Campus
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
President's Office 201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802-1503
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Engineering degrees awarded, all formats (IPEDS CIP 14 engineering codes, first major)
40 bachelor's, 187 master's (2023-24)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), engineering CIP codes (14.xx) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  3. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. worldcampus.psu.edu/consumer-information-and-disclosures/state-authorization — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/masters-degrees — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/penn-state-online-industrial-engineering-masters-degree — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/penn-state-online-software-engineering-bachelor-of-scie — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  8. worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/topics/engineering — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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Penn State World Campus Online Engineering Degrees (Bachelor's, Master's)