Most Popular Schools for Mechanical Engineering Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine tools, jigs and other manufacturing equipment; stationary power units and appliances; engines; self-propelled vehicles; housings and containers; hydraulic and electric systems for controlling movement; and the integration of computers and remote control with operating systems.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	724	11%	$28,776
2	Purdue University-Main Campus	556	5%	$22,822
3	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	527	4%	$36,652
4	University of Florida	494	4%	$21,211
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	465	4%	$30,298
6	Arizona State University-Tempe	445	3%	$28,048
7	Iowa State University	431	5%	$21,186
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	427	5%	$26,834
9	The University of Texas at Arlington	419	3%	$26,660
10	Texas A & M University-College Station	393	2%	$29,506
11	Michigan Technological University	383	23%	$29,969
12	University of Maryland-College Park	377	4%	$27,146
13	Texas Tech University	374	5%	$24,472
14	Colorado School of Mines	371	25%	$35,498
15	Northeastern University	368	6%	$70,592
16	University of Central Florida	351	2%	$22,548
17	The University of Texas at Austin	340	2%	$26,506
18	University of California-Berkeley	333	3%	$38,066
19	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	333	12%	$70,240
20	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	320	4%	$23,977
21	The University of Alabama	316	4%	$29,872
22	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	315	3%	$30,102
23	University of Colorado Boulder	309	4%	$31,044
24	San Diego State University	302	3%	$29,318
25	Washington State University	301	4%	$27,484
26	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	297	3%	$27,476
27	Stevens Institute of Technology	295	10%	$69,292
28	Oregon State University	292	4%	$26,892
29	Ohio State University-Main Campus	288	2%	$27,367
30	Auburn University	287	5%	$31,590
31	University at Buffalo	286	4%	$27,758
32	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	285	5%	$24,105
33	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	281	4%	$28,891
34	University of California-Los Angeles	278	2%	$34,620
35	University of South Florida-Main Campus	275	2%	$23,320
36	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	273	4%	$23,694
37	Drexel University	272	4%	$70,223
38	Clemson University	271	4%	$31,270
39	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	266	5%	$28,302
40	University of California-Irvine	261	3%	$34,261
41	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	261	2%	$32,443
42	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	260	15%	$67,504
43	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	255	2%	$27,898
44	Missouri University of Science and Technology	255	10%	$22,440
45	University of Houston	252	3%	$23,225
46	University of Illinois at Chicago	251	4%	$30,866
47	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	250	4%	$22,537
48	California State University-Long Beach	246	2%	$24,738
49	Wayne State University	245	4%	$27,157
50	Michigan State University	244	2%	$28,862
51	Rochester Institute of Technology	243	6%	$57,401
52	University of Dayton	237	9%	$59,230
53	Boston University	235	2%	$72,618
54	University of Utah	232	3%	$24,472
55	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	229	3%	$33,503
56	Carnegie Mellon University	227	5%	$72,283
57	University of Michigan-Dearborn	224	10%	$14,230
58	Clarkson University	223	19%	$68,112
59	San Jose State University	220	2%	$29,193
60	California State University-Fullerton	220	2%	$27,738
61	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	220	5%	$30,552
62	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	219	12%	$71,998
63	California State University-Sacramento	218	3%	$26,454
64	New Jersey Institute of Technology	217	8%	$37,738
65	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	217	2%	$27,638
66	The University of Texas at San Antonio	215	3%	$23,715
67	University of Wisconsin-Madison	214	2%	$26,025
68	University of Southern California	214	1%	$74,825
69	The University of Texas at Dallas	214	3%	$29,286
70	Cornell University	213	3%	$73,904
71	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	207	3%	$26,231
72	Kennesaw State University	206	3%	$25,773
73	University of North Texas	204	2%	$24,712
74	Brigham Young University-Provo	203	3%	$18,776
75	The University of Texas at El Paso	203	4%	$23,843
76	Stanford University	200	5%	$71,587
77	California State University-Northridge	199	2%	$22,969
78	Tennessee Technological University	199	8%	$26,131
79	Kettering University	195	37%	$60,427
80	University of California-San Diego	194	2%	$32,838
81	University of Akron Main Campus	194	4%	$27,279
82	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	192	11%	$19,323
83	Kansas State University	190	4%	$24,923
84	Northern Arizona University	190	2%	$27,266
85	University of South Carolina-Columbia	188	2%	$28,301
86	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	187	3%	$31,510
87	West Virginia University	185	3%	$23,294
88	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	185	2%	$30,913
89	University of Missouri-Columbia	183	2%	$26,766
90	University of Kentucky	181	3%	$30,101
91	University of Toledo	178	4%	$28,423
92	Oakland University	178	4%	$25,524
93	Mississippi State University	177	4%	$24,957
94	Columbia University in the City of New York	177	1%	$76,856
95	University of Louisville	176	4%	$27,980
96	Lawrence Technological University	171	20%	$49,428
97	University of Arkansas	169	3%	$25,500
98	Stony Brook University	168	3%	$26,091
99	Wright State University-Main Campus	167	4%	$25,116
100	University of California-Davis	167	2%	$35,177

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Mechanical Engineering program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.