2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania
8Colleges in Pennsylvania
444Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #96 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 444 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in Pennsylvania
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Carnegie Mellon University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a 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 roughly 35 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in general engineering needs to look into Villanova University. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
Swarthmore College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. 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 colleges nationwide means Swarthmore is a great college overall.
There were about 23 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Swarthmore in the most recent data year.
Lafayette College is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in general engineering. 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 colleges nationwide means Lafayette is a great college overall.
There were roughly 19 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 31st out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 55 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent data year.
Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 11th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 8 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Geneva is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Beaver Falls. This college ranks 71st out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 50 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Geneva in the most recent year we have data available.
Etown is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Elizabethtown. This college ranks 29th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 38 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Etown in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
