2025 Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for mechanical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 344 doctor's degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Mechanical Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The me doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality me program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mechanical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of mechanical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for mechanical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mechanical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The me school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in ME

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

35 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

23 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Cornell University

3

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

21 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering has to look into Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University

4

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

18 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

5

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

33 Annual Graduates

UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

6

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

11 Annual Graduates

RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

7

George Washington University
Washington, DC

10 Annual Graduates

GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from George Washington University

8

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

16 Annual Graduates

Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

9

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

15 Annual Graduates

UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from University of Delaware

10

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in mechanical engineering from University at Buffalo

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	83
New York	174	98
Maryland	119	47
New Jersey	115	33
District of Columbia	81	10
Delaware	53	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to ME

Mechanical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

ME Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering	344

Most Popular Majors Related to ME

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	384
Biomedical Engineering	269
Chemical Engineering	241
Civil Engineering	195
Materials Engineering	109
General Engineering	61
Industrial Engineering	52
Operations Research	44
Computer Engineering	43
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	42

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.