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 bachelor's or master's.

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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 Embry-​Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, FL

3.6 $30,720 5,205 72% 57 Locked Locked
#10 United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

3.6 in-state: $0, out-of-state: $0 1,045 89% 80 6 Locked Locked
#10 Villanova University

Villanova, PA

3.6 $42,890 10,661 95% 89 Locked Locked
#9 Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

3.8 $45,378 3,635 94% 91 Locked Locked
#8 California Polytechnic State University–​San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

3.9 in-state: $5,970, out-of-state: $17,130 18,762 91% 74 6 Locked Locked
#6 Cooper Union

New York, NY

4.0 $40,250 988 94% 84 6 Locked Locked
#6 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

4.0 $40,475 344 97% 93 6 Locked Locked
#4 United States Air Force Academy

USAF Academy, CO

4.1 N/A 4,413 89% 77 Locked Locked
#4 United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

4.1 in-state: $0, out-of-state: $0 4,576 97% 90 Locked Locked
#3 United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

4.2 in-state: $0, out-of-state: $0 4,624 93% 83 Locked Locked
#2 Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

4.4 $44,442 777 98% 84 Locked Locked
#1 Rose-​Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN

4.6 $39,078 1,980 90% 79 Locked Locked

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