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2024 Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

20 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
1,666 Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 20 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,666 degrees in general engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Engineering School

Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

General Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Engineering
Bachelor's Degrees in Engineering
Master's Degrees in Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Engineering

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In PA
40 Engineering Degrees Awarded

Carnegie Mellon University is a good option for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were approximately 40 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in general engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
201 Engineering Degrees Awarded

University of Maryland - College Park is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were approximately 201 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in general engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In PA

Every student who is interested in general engineering has to look into Villanova University. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Villanova. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
15th Most Popular In MD
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a good option for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were approximately 9 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In PA
17.9% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of Swarthmore, Swarthmore is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Swarthmore is a great college overall.

There were approximately 28 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Swarthmore in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
176 Engineering Degrees Awarded

University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 176 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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7
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Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NJ
58 Engineering Degrees Awarded

Rowan is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Glassboro. This university ranks 7th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were roughly 58 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent data year.

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
16th Most Popular In NY

Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were approximately 5 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In PA
20.8% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lafayette is a great college overall.

There were roughly 24 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in general engineering from Lafayette College

9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In NY

Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #285 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RIT is a great school overall.

There were roughly 20 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in general engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology

Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
New York1,026591
Pennsylvania978401
Maryland618741
New Jersey614245
District of Columbia4411

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One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Applied Engineering56
Pre-Engineering45

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