Best Colleges for Engineering
Engineering is one of the few college majors that materially affects starting salary regardless of which engineering discipline you pick. Strong programs share three features: ABET-accredited curricula, deep industry partnerships (co-ops, internships, recruiting pipelines), and faculty doing real research that students can join. These schools have all three.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit
5%acceptance rate - 2
Stanford University
California · Private nonprofit
4%acceptance rate - 3
California Institute of Technology
California · Private nonprofit
3%acceptance rate - 4
University of California-Berkeley
California · Public
11%acceptance rate - 5
Purdue University-Main Campus
Indiana · Public
50%acceptance rate - 6
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Illinois · Public
42%acceptance rate - 7
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Michigan · Public
16%acceptance rate - 8
Cornell University
New York · Private nonprofit
9%acceptance rate - 9
Carnegie Mellon University
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit
12%acceptance rate - 10
Harvey Mudd College
California · Private nonprofit
13%acceptance rate - 11
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Indiana · Private nonprofit
77%acceptance rate
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