by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 129 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,634 doctor's degrees in general mechanical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The general mechanical engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general mechanical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
The general mechanical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Stanford University
It's hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Pennsylvania
Duke University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Duke University
Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Notre Dame
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Northwestern University
Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin
Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Cornell University
Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Rice University
Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Southern California
Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University
Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of California - Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Princeton University
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
| 22 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY |
| 23 | University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 25 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
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