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.

Overall College Data
#10	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.1	$38,650	7,859	98%	96	Locked	Locked
#10	Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	4.1	in-state: $9,900, out-of-state: $28,702	39,637	88%	68	Locked	Locked
#10	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	4.1	in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060	51,112	92%	81	Locked	Locked
#8	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	4.3	$45,124	12,058	96%	87	Locked	Locked
#8	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.3	$43,413	21,131	97%	93	Locked	Locked
#7	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.4	in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109	42,716	96%	90	Locked	Locked
#5	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.5	in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402	20,941	94%	79	Locked	Locked
#5	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	4.5	in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570	44,407	94%	82	Locked	Locked
#3	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.7	$39,588	2,231	98%	87	Locked	Locked
#3	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.7	N/A	36,142	97%	90	Locked	Locked
#2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.8	$41,787	19,945	98%	96	Locked	Locked
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.9	$42,050	10,894	98%	93	Locked	Locked

Rankings

Overall College Data

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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%

Locked

#10

Purdue University–West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

4.1

in-state: $9,900, out-of-state: $28,702

39,637

88%

Locked

#10

University of Texas–Austin

Austin, TX

4.1

in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060

51,112

92%

Locked

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

4.3

$45,124

12,058

96%

Locked

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.3

$43,413

21,131

97%

Locked

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.4

in-state: $13,437, out-of-state: $39,109

42,716

96%

Locked

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

4.5

in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402

20,941

94%

Locked

University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

4.5

in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570

44,407

94%

Locked

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.7

$39,588

2,231

98%

Locked

University of California–Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

4.7

N/A

36,142

97%

Locked

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.8

$41,787

19,945

98%

Locked

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.9

$42,050

10,894

98%

Locked