Best Colleges for Engineering Majors
Degree-holders in this technical field tend to have strong job prospects, but not all engineering programs guarantee a lucrative career. These 50 colleges score well on Money’s overall value analysis. We then ranked them by the share of students earning engineering degrees and average salaries reported by undergraduate engineering students.
Published on August 25, 2020. Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson's, PayScale.com, Money/College Measures calculations.
College Name Overall Money Rank | Median SAT/ACT score | Est. price with average grant | % of students who get any grants | Graduation rate | Average student debt | Early career earnings for engineering majors |
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College Name Overall Money Rank | Median SAT/ACT score | Est. price with average grant | % of students who get any grants | Graduation rate | Average student debt | Early career earnings for engineering majors |
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1 1 Cambridge, MA | 1540/35 | $19,800 | 65% | 94% | $12,500 | $81,600 |
21 2 Atlanta, GA | 1470/33 | $17,700 | 67% | 87% | $23,750 | $70,700 |
17 3 Berkeley, CA | 1430/33 | $18,700 | 57% | 91% | $13,750 | $81,200 |
137 4 Golden, CO | 1370/31 | $26,900 | 74% | 80% | $25,000 | $71,800 |
25 5 Pasadena, CA | 1560/36 | $27,500 | 59% | 92% | $8,700 | $81,800 |
200 6 Claremont, CA | 1530/35 | $40,500 | 68% | 92% | $22,960 | $80,900 |
467 7 Tulsa, OK | 1300/29 | $26,600 | 90% | 74% | $23,250 | $81,400 |
11 8 College Station, TX | 1280/28 | $20,000 | 55% | 82% | $18,500 | $73,900 |
22 9 Champaign, IL | 1330/29 | $16,500 | 52% | 84% | $19,000 | $73,300 |
2 10 Stanford, CA | 1500/34 | $18,000 | 59% | 94% | $11,340 | $77,900 |
449 11 Terre Haute, IN | 1380/31 | $46,000 | 96% | 81% | $26,000 | $72,400 |
29 12 Austin, TX | 1360/30 | $14,800 | 49% | 83% | $20,000 | $76,100 |
23 13 West Lafayette, IN | 1300/29 | $12,400 | 51% | 81% | $19,500 | $69,800 |
90 14 Castine, ME | 1090/24 | $21,800 | 59% | 74% | $27,000 | $75,700 |
608 15 Flint, MI | 1280/28 | $40,800 | 97% | 63% | $28,730 | $70,500 |
166 16 | 1280/28 | $14,600 | 79% | 63% | $24,750 | $69,100 |
117 17 Pittsburgh, PA | 1500/34 | $32,200 | 52% | 89% | $23,250 | $76,900 |
4 18 Ann Arbor, MI | 1420/32 | $17,600 | 51% | 92% | $16,610 | $75,100 |
230 19 Hoboken, NJ | 1410/32 | $41,600 | 94% | 87% | $26,250 | $70,400 |
49 20 Ithaca, NY | 1470/33 | $30,200 | 52% | 95% | $14,000 | $77,700 |
5 21 Durham, NC | 1510/34 | $20,700 | 56% | 96% | $11,500 | $78,300 |
254 22 Troy, NY | 1420/31 | $41,100 | 86% | 86% | $25,500 | $71,100 |
359 23 Norman, OK | 1250/26 | $22,100 | 71% | 67% | $20,880 | $72,000 |
122 24 Houghton, MI | 1270/27 | $17,900 | 89% | 68% | $25,080 | $69,200 |
30 25 Philadelphia, PA | 1490/34 | $27,400 | 52% | 95% | $19,500 | $78,000 |
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39 26 | 1400/33 | $29,900 | 100% | 88% | $15,000 | $71,800 |
234 27 Worcester, MA | NA/NA | $45,800 | 93% | 87% | $27,000 | $69,900 |
527 28 New Orleans, LA | 1420/32 | $39,400 | 71% | 85% | $22,020 | $79,400 |
18 29 Houston, TX | 1510/34 | $24,200 | 63% | 95% | $11,990 | $76,000 |
24 30 San Jose, CA | 1150/23 | $15,200 | 62% | 65% | $15,720 | $74,300 |
19 31 Los Angeles, CA | 1410/32 | $15,700 | 60% | 91% | $15,000 | $76,000 |
51 32 San Luis Obispo, CA | 1340/29 | $20,900 | 53% | 82% | $19,500 | $73,200 |
245 33 Corvallis, OR | 1200/25 | $19,500 | 52% | 67% | $22,500 | $67,300 |
176 34 Milwaukee, WI | 1280/28 | $25,400 | 93% | 74% | $27,000 | $67,300 |
35 35 Raleigh, NC | 1320/29 | $15,400 | 54% | 81% | $20,500 | $68,000 |
44 36 New York, NY | 1510/34 | $22,200 | 60% | 96% | $21,980 | $75,700 |
218 37 Potsdam, NY | 1260/27 | $32,800 | 96% | 75% | $26,130 | $67,000 |
91 38 Baltimore, MD | 1510/34 | $29,100 | 53% | 93% | $15,500 | $74,800 |
272 39 | 1180/26 | $18,200 | 72% | 64% | $20,250 | $72,200 |
155 40 Boston, MA | 1450/33 | $35,800 | 64% | 88% | $25,000 | $70,300 |
20 41 Seattle, WA | 1340/30 | $10,200 | 46% | 84% | $15,000 | $72,600 |
217 42 Vallejo, CA | NA/NA | $20,900 | 52% | 62% | $25,000 | $73,400 |
36 43 Buzzards Bay, MA | 1130/23 | $16,000 | 45% | 73% | $26,650 | $71,900 |
9 44 La Jolla, CA | 1370/30 | $14,100 | 58% | 86% | $16,810 | $72,100 |
3 45 Princeton, NJ | 1510/34 | $16,900 | 59% | 96% | $9,850 | $74,900 |
53 46 Evanston, IL | 1490/34 | $28,800 | 56% | 95% | $15,000 | $73,700 |
222 47 | 1310/26 | $15,300 | 72% | 56% | $19,360 | $67,600 |
168 48 College Park, MD | 1380/31 | $17,500 | 51% | 86% | $19,000 | $70,600 |
682 49 Tuskegee, AL | 960/22 | $36,300 | 61% | 42% | $31,000 | $73,700 |
163 50 Throggs Neck, NY | 1170/25 | $18,300 | 54% | 66% | $23,500 | $71,000 |
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New York, NY
Money rank
39
Est. price after average aid
$29,900
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College Station, TX
Money rank
11
Est. price after average aid
$20,000
14
Champaign, IL
Money rank
22
Est. price after average aid
$16,500
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Money rank
51
Est. price after average aid
$20,900
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Vallejo, CA
Money rank
217
Est. price after average aid
$20,900
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Raleigh, NC
Money rank
35
Est. price after average aid
$15,400
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New York, NY
Money rank
44
Est. price after average aid
$22,200
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Rolla, MO
Money rank
166
Est. price after average aid
$14,600
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Baton Rouge, LA
Money rank
272
Est. price after average aid
$18,200
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Socorro, NM
Money rank
222
Est. price after average aid
$15,300
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