Colleges with Strong Engineering Programs

Editorial team Aug 28, 2016 · 2 min read
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teacher-classroomIn search of colleges and universities with strong engineering programs?

Look no further, we've identified 60+ schools that fit the bill.  To make the grade, we looked for public and private institutions that granted engineering degrees to 10% or more of its graduates last year and were consistently ranked highly by a variety of third party sources.

There are plenty of household names like MIT, Caltech and Stanford on the list, in addition to several lesser known gems.  If you're 100% certain about engineering, you might consider schools like Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering or Webb Institute, or if you're looking for engineering in a liberal arts setting, consider checking out Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore, Bucknell, Lafayette, Lehigh, Trinity or Union Colleges.  

To help you categorize schools into safeties, targets and reaches, we've included admission rates, mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT scores.  We've also provided links to each school's website to help you explore fit.

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Institution Engineering (%) Admit Rate (%) SAT Mid 50 ACT Mid 50 Link to School
Webb Institute 100 20 1380-1530 35-35
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 100 22 1480-1530 34-35
Colorado School of Mines 88 60 1330-1460 29-33
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 82 77 1310-1490 28-33
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 72 60 not reported not reported
Georgia Institute of Technology 61 13 1370-1530 31-35
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 56 63 1390-1500 30-34
California Maritime Academy 37 88 1050-1280 20-28
Harvey Mudd College 37 13 1510-1560 34-36
California Institute of Technology 36 3 1510-1570 35-36
MIT 35 5 1520-1570 34-36
Case Western Reserve University 29 35 1440-1530 32-34
Lehigh University 28 29 1380-1480 31-34
California State Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo 26 31 1240-1420 28-33
Purdue University 25 50 1210-1470 27-34
Virginia Military Institute 25 71 1090-1270 24-31
Carnegie Mellon University 24 11 1500-1560 34-36
Virginia Polytechnic Institute 23 56 1280-1450 28-32
Rice University 21 8 1510-1560 34-35
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona 21 74 not reported not reported
Clemson University 20 38 1250-1400 28-32
Princeton University 20 4 1500-1560 34-35
Stanford University 20 4 1510-1570 34-35
Drexel University 19 79 1250-1430 27-32
Johns Hopkins University 19 6 1530-1560 34-36
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign 18 42 1380-1530 30-34
Texas A&M University 18 57 1160-1390 25-31
University of Maine 17 97 1060-1280 21-30
Duke University 17 5 1500-1570 34-35
Cornell University 16 8 1510-1560 33-35
Santa Clara University 16 47 1360-1480 31-33
Lafayette College 16 31 1360-1490 31-33
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 16 16 1360-1530 31-34
University of Dayton 16 62 1180-1350 24-30
University of Massachusetts - Lowell 16 83 1200-1360 25-32
Bucknell University 15 29 1170-1380 26-32
State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry 15 70 1120-1300 23-28
Oregon State University 15 77 1160-1390 24-31
Northeastern University 15 6 1440-1510 33-34
Pennsylvania State University - University Park 15 61 1320-1480 29-33
University of California - Merced 14 98 not reported not reported
University of Virginia 14 13 1410-1520 32-35
Vanderbilt University 13 4 1510-1560 34-35
Union College 13 44 1310-1480 29-33
University of Florida 13 20 1380-1510 31-33
Ohio State University - Columbus 13 61 1280-1430 26-32
University of the Pacific 13 71 1190-1470 23-32
University of California - Berkeley 12 11 not reported not reported
University of Maryland - College Park 12 45 1410-1520 32-35
University of Rochester 12 40 1420-1500 32-34
Northwestern University 12 7 1510-1560 34-35
University of Texas - Austin 12 27 1230-1480 29-34
University of North Carolina - Charlotte 11 80 1150-1320 21-28
University of California - Irvine 11 29 not reported not reported
University of Nebraska 11 87 1100-1310 22-28
University of Pittsburgh 11 59 1280-1460 29-33
Gonzaga University 10 80 1230-1380 29-32
Marquette University 10 81 1220-1350 26-31
Rutgers University - New Brunswick 10 65 1270-1480 28-33
University of Tennessee - Knoxville 10 48 1300-1440 28-32
University of Colorado - Boulder 10 76 1180-1390 27-33
State University of New York - Binghamton 10 39 1360-1480 31-34