Mechanical Rankings

Mechanical engineering includes the study of thermal and mechanical systems. These are the top undergraduate schools where the highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.

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Save Rank School Tuition Total enrollment Fall 2011 acceptance rate Average freshman retention rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#2 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

N/A 36,142 21.6% 97% 90 Locked Locked
#9 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

$39,588 2,231 12.8% 98% 87 Locked Locked
#6 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$41,787 19,945 7.1% 98% 96 Locked Locked
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

$42,050 10,894 9.7% 98% 93 Locked Locked
#9 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

$43,413 21,131 18.0% 97% 93 Locked Locked
#3 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402 20,941 51.2% 94% 79 Locked Locked
#4 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109 42,716 40.6% 96% 90 Locked Locked
#5 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570 44,407 67.6% 94% 82 Locked Locked
#8 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060 51,112 46.6% 92% 81 Locked Locked

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