Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Rankings
The undergraduate engineering program rankings were based solely on peer assessment surveys. To appear on an undergraduate engineering survey, a school must have an undergraduate engineering program accredited by ABET. The programs below are schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.
See the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Ranking Methodology »Save | Rank | School | Score | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with fewer than 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
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#27Tie | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 3.5 | $45,278 | 19,929 | 97% | 98% | 74% | 1410-1600 | |
#27Tie | Ohio State University—Columbus Columbus, OH | 3.5 | in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $26,537 | 58,322 | 93% | 83% | 29.6% | 27-31 | |
#27Tie | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 3.5 | $49,536 | 21,296 | 98% | 96% | 67.4% | 1360-1550 | |
#27Tie | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 3.5 | $50,210 | 42,469 | 97% | 91% | 57.1% | 1280-1480 | |
#31Tie | North Carolina State University—Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 3.4 | in-state: $8,581, out-of-state: $24,932 | 33,989 | 92% | 76% | 28.3% | 1160-1330 | |
#31Tie | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 3.4 | $49,341 | 7,028 | 93% | 82% | 52.4% | 1300-1490 | |
#31Tie | University of California—Davis Davis, CA | 3.4 | in-state: $13,951, out-of-state: $38,659 | 34,508 | 93% | 87% | 34.8% | 1080-1350 | |
#31Tie | University of California—Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 3.4 | in-state: $13,865, out-of-state: $38,573 | 23,051 | 92% | 87% | 49.4% | 1120-1380 | |
#31Tie | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | 3.4 | in-state: $14,526, out-of-state: $43,822 | 23,732 | 97% | 94% | 55% | 1250-1460 | |
#36Tie | Iowa State University Ames, IA | 3.3 | in-state: $7,736, out-of-state: $20,856 | 34,435 | 87% | 69% | 31.2% | 21-29 | |
#36Tie | University of Colorado—Boulder Boulder, CO | 3.3 | in-state: $11,091, out-of-state: $34,125 | 32,080 | 84% | 70% | 48.3% | 24-30 | |
#36Tie | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 3.3 | in-state: $6,313, out-of-state: $28,591 | 50,350 | 96% | 88% | 49.1% | 1170-1360 | |
#36Tie | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 3.3 | $43,838 | 12,686 | 97% | 93% | 66% | 32-34 | |
#36Tie | Yale University New Haven, CT | 3.3 | $47,600 | 12,336 | 99% | 96% | 74.6% | 1410-1600 | |
#41Tie | Arizona State University—Tempe Tempe, AZ | 3.2 | in-state: $10,127, out-of-state: $24,503 | 50,358 | 84% | 63% | 40.7% | 1020-1270 2 | |
#41Tie | Brown University Providence, RI | 3.2 | $49,346 | 9,181 | 98% | 96% | 68.3% | 1330-1550 | |
#41Tie | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 3.2 | $44,560 | 10,771 | 93% | 81% | 61.6% | 1270-1470 | |
#41Tie | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 3.2 | in-state: $17,383, out-of-state: $34,828 | 5,795 | 91% | 76% | 26.5% | 28-32 | |
#41Tie | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 3.2 | $46,230 | 7,119 | 95% | 87% | 48.9% | 1230-1410 | |
#41Tie | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 3.2 | $47,929 | 12,179 | 98% | 96% | 57.6% | 32-34 | |
#41Tie | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | 3.2 | $48,093 | 14,348 | 97% | 95% | 65.9% | 32-34 | |
#48Tie | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 3.1 | $49,506 | 6,298 | 98% | 95% | 64% | 1360-1550 | |
#48Tie | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | 3.1 | in-state: $13,560, out-of-state: $36,360 | 50,085 | 91% | 79% | 23.5% | 23-28 | |
#48Tie | University of California—Irvine Irvine, CA | 3.1 | in-state: $14,577, out-of-state: $37,455 | 30,051 | 93% | 87% | 58.3% | 1040-1310 | |
#51Tie | Boston University Boston, MA | 3.0 | $48,436 | 32,112 | 93% | 85% | 59.8% | 1190-1410 | |
#51Tie | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 3.0 | $45,530 | 19,798 | 96% | 82% | 64.4% | 1340-1500 | |
#51Tie | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ | 3.0 | in-state: $14,131, out-of-state: $29,521 | 48,378 | 92% | 80% | 37.7% | 1090-1340 3 | |
#51Tie | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | 3.0 | in-state: $10,872, out-of-state: $30,025 | 42,236 | 80% | 60% | 39.3% | 970-1220 2 | |
#51Tie | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | 3.0 | in-state: $18,192, out-of-state: $28,958 | 28,617 | 92% | 82% | 40.1% | 1180-1360 |