Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Rankings
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Methodology
These undergrad engineering programs were ranked solely on a peer assessment survey conducted in spring 2012. To appear on an undergraduate engineering survey, a school must have a program accredited by ABET. The programs below are schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.
| Rankings | Overall College Data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save | Rank | School | Score | Tuition | Total enrollment | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with under 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
| #10 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.1 | $38,650 | 7,859 | 98% | 96 | |||
| #10 |
Purdue University–West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.1 | in-state: $9,900, out-of-state: $28,702 | 39,637 | 88% | 68 | |||
| #10 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
4.1 | in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060 | 51,112 | 92% | 81 | |||
| #8 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
4.3 | $45,124 | 12,058 | 96% | 87 | |||
| #8 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
4.3 | $43,413 | 21,131 | 97% | 93 | |||
| #7 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.4 | in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109 | 42,716 | 96% | 90 | |||
| #5 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.5 | in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402 | 20,941 | 94% | 79 | |||
| #5 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
4.5 | in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570 | 44,407 | 94% | 82 | |||
| #3 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.7 | $39,588 | 2,231 | 98% | 87 | |||
| #3 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.7 | N/A | 36,142 | 97% | 90 | |||
| #2 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.8 | $41,787 | 19,945 | 98% | 96 | |||
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 | $42,050 | 10,894 | 98% | 93 | |||
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