A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 374 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 192,474 degrees in engineering annually.
Your choice of 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 engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Engineering Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in engineering has to check out Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 1274 engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Massachusetts Institute of Technology receive an earnings boost of approximately $38,351 above the average income of engineering graduates.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering has to take a look at Stanford University. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1075 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year. Engineering degree recipients from Stanford University receive an earnings boost of about $23,664 above the typical earnings of engineering majors.
Any student who is interested in engineering has to take a look at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1363 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Johns Hopkins University earn a boost of about $28,884 over the typical earnings of engineering graduates.
Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 646 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering major at Duke University make $12,506 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2451 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at University of California - Berkeley make $27,735 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were approximately 273 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Dartmouth College earn $13,245 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 394 engineering students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Santa Clara University get an earnings boost of around $28,402 above the average earnings of engineering graduates.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were about 1457 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University earn $35,479 more than the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 731 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at Northwestern University get $25,577 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1404 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York make $10,979 more than the typical engineering student.
Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1408 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Cornell University make $19,115 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 264 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Engineering degree recipients from Brown University receive an earnings boost of around $9,732 above the average income of engineering graduates.
Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. This school ranks 1st out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 3429.9999999999995 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus earn $7,877 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. This university ranks 1st out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 2557 engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Engineering degree recipients from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor receive an earnings boost of around $11,996 over the average earnings of engineering graduates.
USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1471 engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from University of Southern California make $19,056 more than the average engineering grad.
Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 1879 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from The University of Texas at Austin make $9,912 more than the standard engineering grad.
Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 3362 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available. Those engineering students who get their degree from Texas A&M University - College Station receive $3,398 more than the standard engineering student.
Harvey Mudd College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Claremont. This college ranks 5th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 51 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Harvey Mudd College in the most recent year we have data available. Those engineering students who get their degree from Harvey Mudd College earn $15,807 more than the standard engineering grad.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 1405 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from University of California - Los Angeles earn $14,558 more than the average engineering student.
Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. This school ranks 2nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 2111 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Virginia Tech earn a boost of around $2,815 over the average earnings of engineering majors.
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 2541 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign make $4,977 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 2652 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at Northeastern University make $9,574 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 1572 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Those engineering students who get their degree from University of Maryland - College Park earn $6,848 more than the average engineering grad.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 577 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at University of Pennsylvania get $4,236 more than the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. This university ranks 8th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 1717 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, engineering degree recipients usually earn about $77,835 at the beginning of their careers.
This section shows the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Engineering Schools badge.
Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 20% of the 374 different United States engineering schools we analyzed.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Engineering Schools award.
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).
Your choice of 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 engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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