Best Colleges for Engineering Majors

Degree-holders in this technical field tend to have strong job prospects. These are the 50 top colleges for studying engineering, based on their overall Money value score and salaries for recent engineering alumni, as well as the number and share of recent graduates earning bachelor's degrees in engineering.

Published on June 7, 2022. Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson's, Money/Witlytic calculations.

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College Name	Overall Score	Acceptance rate	Est. full price 2022-23	Est. price with average grant	% of students who get any grants	Graduation rate	Early career earnings
Rank College Name Overall Score
1 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 84.87	84.87	21%	$30,600	$18,400	71%	87%	$88,200
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 100.00	100	7%	$74,500	$21,100	64%	94%	$111,220
3 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 75.68	75.68	53%	$38,200	$29,200	76%	83%	$90,060
4 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 75.72	75.72	60%	$23,400	$13,000	50%	81%	$65,260
5 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 77.35	77.35	79%	$24,600	$14,200	84%	62%	$80,290
6 Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX 79.45	79.45	58%	$32,300	$21,000	62%	82%	$66,570
7 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 98.46	98.46	6%	$69,900	$19,700	61%	96%	$95,690
8 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 74.70	74.70	49%	$74,300	$48,400	94%	87%	$89,410
9 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 84.78	84.78	59%	$32,000	$14,300	61%	84%	$71,540
10 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 81.81	81.81	73%	$39,700	$19,400	69%	65%	$80,040
11 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 75.64	75.64	74%	$32,200	$18,300	94%	68%	$73,540
12 Stanford University Stanford, CA 95.71	95.71	4%	$80,400	$21,100	61%	94%	$97,800
13 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 69.69	69.69	74%	$73,700	$46,000	97%	81%	$94,130
14 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA 86.07	86.07	91%	$31,600	$18,600	43%	73%	$91,670
15 Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME 81.45	81.45	45%	$29,500	$19,800	67%	73%	$72,840
16 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 77.73	77.73	40%	$76,500	$42,600	95%	87%	$98,160
17 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 89.41	89.41	23%	$32,400	$18,800	53%	92%	$75,840
18 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 80.97	80.97	70%	$28,500	$21,400	57%	83%	$73,160
19 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 72.49	72.49	62%	$58,500	$28,000	96%	73%	$81,330
20 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 73.59	73.59	75%	$74,300	$32,000	96%	76%	$81,360
21 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 80.31	80.31	28%	$29,700	$21,600	53%	82%	$80,640
22 Iowa State University Ames, IA 78.00	78.00	92%	$22,600	$17,000	97%	74%	$57,350
23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 72.71	72.71	47%	$77,900	$42,900	87%	86%	$93,420
24 University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 84.67	84.67	16%	$42,700	$20,400	59%	92%	$80,360
25 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 83.65	83.65	37%	$22,000	$10,600	85%	88%	$64,460
26 California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA 81.79	81.79	76%	$29,200	$22,200	56%	61%	$91,460
27 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 74.28	74.28	45%	$25,200	$15,400	56%	78%	$61,350
28 Duke University Durham, NC 86.03	86.03	8%	$79,200	$28,400	58%	96%	$93,120
29 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 80.58	80.58	14%	$81,800	$39,300	67%	92%	$108,990
30 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 77.77	77.77	32%	$29,700	$17,800	49%	83%	$67,840
31 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA 79.35	79.35	55%	$29,000	$15,300	69%	71%	$63,730
32 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 84.13	84.13	11%	$81,200	$29,100	47%	94%	$91,180
33 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 81.10	81.10	32%	$74,100	$30,700	52%	88%	$95,030
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 81.41	81.41	54%	$27,900	$14,800	42%	87%	$65,210
35 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 86.11	86.11	24%	$36,700	$20,100	48%	94%	$77,050
36 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 85.90	85.90	12%	$37,800	$17,400	72%	91%	$73,740
37 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 85.39	85.39	9%	$83,600	$29,900	59%	95%	$80,030
38 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 82.21	82.21	31%	$36,300	$16,100	59%	86%	$74,770
39 San Jose State University San Jose, CA 78.41	78.41	64%	$29,800	$16,900	60%	65%	$67,370
40 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 79.21	79.21	6%	$79,900	$28,100	59%	92%	$112,170
41 University of California-Davis Davis, CA 83.13	83.13	39%	$38,700	$18,000	69%	86%	$69,770
42 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY 75.39	75.39	74%	$28,100	$19,500	55%	66%	$84,440
43 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 85.99	85.99	8%	$83,400	$25,500	51%	95%	$103,250
44 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 83.49	83.49	27%	$37,100	$13,800	69%	83%	$71,960
45 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 75.16	75.16	15%	$78,900	$39,100	51%	89%	$100,000
46 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 85.26	85.26	16%	$79,000	$31,700	61%	97%	$88,960
47 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 79.77	79.77	52%	$30,100	$10,200	48%	83%	$68,930
48 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 69.98	69.98	54%	$29,500	$19,900	68%	83%	$55,330
49 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 70.72	70.72	60%	$73,200	$29,700	95%	72%	$77,680
50 Rice University Houston, TX 83.01	83.01	9%	$71,500	$20,300	64%	94%	$77,680

Best Colleges for Engineering Majors

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

California State University Maritime Academy

Vallejo, CA

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

Duke University

Durham, NC

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Pomona, CA

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

California Institute of Technology