2024 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

a bachelor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,311 bachelor's degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The engineering bachelor'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 Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Engineering in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Engineering

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1,095 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

306 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Johns Hopkins University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Johns Hopkins University

3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

259 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in engineering. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

4

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

42 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Loyola University Maryland if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. Loyola Maryland is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Loyola University Maryland

5

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

169 Annual Graduates

Morgan State is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Morgan State University

Best Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	6,617
New York	37	6,883
New Jersey	34	2,740
Delaware	30	430
District of Columbia	28	378

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	593
Electrical Engineering	222
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	220
Civil Engineering	219
Computer Engineering	204
Chemical Engineering	192
Agricultural Engineering	125
Biomedical Engineering	114
General Engineering	103
Robotics Engineering	72

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	2,384
Mathematics & Statistics	661
Physical Sciences	613
Natural Resources & Conservation	413
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	193
Architecture & Related Services	153
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	89
Engineering Technologies	27
Science Technologies / Technicians	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.