by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual reviewed 318 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of mechanical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 33,840 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of mechanical engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology earn $13,432 more than the typical me graduate.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering major at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus get $8,337 above the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor receive $12,298 more than the average me graduate.
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The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin receive $11,702 more than the average me grad.
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Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of California - Berkeley receive $17,972 more than the typical me graduate.
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Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering major at Virginia Tech make $7,755 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Worcester Polytechnic Institute earn a boost of around $7,657 over the typical earnings of mechanical engineering majors.
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Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Northeastern University receive $9,730 more than the standard me graduate.
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Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Cornell University receive an earnings boost of about $14,915 above the average income of mechanical engineering graduates.
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Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Stanford University
Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering degree program at Duke University earn $19,413 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Carnegie Mellon University receive an earnings boost of around $5,998 above the typical income of mechanical engineering majors.
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Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Purdue University - Main Campus earn a boost of around $9,849 over the average earnings of mechanical engineering graduates.
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UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering degree program at University of Wisconsin - Madison earn $4,086 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Texas A&M University - College Station receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,260 above the average income of mechanical engineering graduates.
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Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Maryland - College Park get an earnings boost of around $5,960 above the average income of mechanical engineering majors.
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Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Notre Dame get an earnings boost of approximately $14,474 over the average income of mechanical engineering majors.
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UC Davis is a very large public university located in the suburb of Davis.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering degree program at University of California - Davis earn $4,706 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
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UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs.
Bachelor's recipients from the mechanical engineering program at University of Connecticut make $4,344 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign receive an earnings boost of approximately $9,662 above the average income of mechanical engineering majors.
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Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduating, me bachelor's recipients usually earn about $67,633 at the beginning of their careers.
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Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Southern California make $12,831 more than the average me graduate.
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Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.
Mechanical Engineering bachelor's degree recipients from Michigan State University get an earnings boost of around $9,734 above the typical income of mechanical engineering majors.
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Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology receive $7,400 more than the typical me graduate.
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Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Those mechanical engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Northwestern University receive $4,728 more than the typical me graduate.
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This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 20% of the 318 different United States mechanical engineering schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY |
| 52 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
| 53 | Arizona State University - Tempe | Tempe, AZ |
| 54 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 55 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
| 56 | Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR |
| 57 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN |
| 58 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA |
| 59 | University of Dayton | Dayton, OH |
| 60 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 61 | Rice University | Houston, TX |
| 62 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY |
| 63 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, NJ |
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
View the Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.
Mechanical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Mechanical Engineering | 33,840 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 15,613 |
| Civil Engineering | 14,335 |
| Computer Engineering | 12,141 |
| Chemical Engineering | 8,935 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 8,820 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 6,195 |
| Industrial Engineering | 5,205 |
| General Engineering | 2,697 |
| Environmental Engineering | 1,910 |
| Materials Engineering | 1,305 |
