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Profiles of Top Engineering Schools
To help you gage the breadth of the engineering research conducted and the undergraduate research opportunities, we provide the number of PhD degrees awarded in engineering, as well as, the percentage of engineering PhD's to bachelor degrees in engineering for each university. Universities that award no PhD's generally focus less on research and more on undergraduate teaching.

The universities below are listed in descending order based on their percentage of PhD to BS degrees in engineering. You can click on the university name to go to that university's web site.

Lehigh University*
  • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 4,700 Undergraduates


  • 32% Engineering majors


  • 25 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 8% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT,essay

  • Columbia University: Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • New York, New York


  • Private


  • 1,360 Engineering Undergrads


  • 31% Engineering majors (at Columbia U)


  • 72 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 19% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and essay

  • Rice University**
  • Houston, Texas


  • Private


  • 2,900 Undergraduates


  • 27% Engineering majors


  • 34 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 17% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required, interview recommended

  • United States Coast Guard Academy
  • New London, Connecticut


  • Public


  • 1,000 Undergraduates


  • 25% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, essay, physical fitness evaluation

  • Carnegie Mellon University**
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 5,300 Undergraduates


  • 24% Engineering majors


  • 75 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 26% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests in Math/Physics/Chemistry

  • Cornell University
  • Ithaca, New York


  • Private


  • 13,625 Undergraduates


  • 23% Engineering majors


  • 78 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 10% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

  • United States Air Force Academy
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado


  • Public


  • 4,200 Undergraduates


  • 23% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, essay, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay, interview required

  • United States Military Academy: West Point
  • West Point, New York


  • Public


  • 4,000 Undergraduates


  • 23% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay required

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Blacksburg, Virginia


  • Public


  • 21,400 Undergraduates


  • 23% Engineering majors


  • 98 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 9% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • Purdue University
  • West Lafayette, Indiana


  • Public


  • 30,400 Undergraduates


  • 22% Engineering majors


  • 127 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 11% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • Lafayette College**
  • Easton, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 2,200 Undergraduates


  • 22% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and interview recommended, essay

  • Stanford University
  • Palo Alto, California


  • Private


  • 6,400 Undergraduates


  • 21% Engineering majors


  • 191 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 51% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required

  • Johns Hopkins University**
  • Baltimore, Maryland


  • Private


  • 4,100 Undergraduates


  • 21% Engineering majors


  • 50 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 18% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay, interview recommended

  • University of Michigan
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan


  • Public


  • 24,300 Undergraduates


  • 21% Engineering majors


  • 195 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 17% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • Bucknell University**
  • Lewisburg, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 3,500 Undergraduates


  • 19% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required

  • Princeton University
  • Princeton, New Jersey


  • Private


  • 4,600 Undergraduates


  • 18% Engineering majors


  • 110 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 54% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

  • University of Illinois
  • Urbana, Illinois


  • Public


  • 28,200 Undergraduates


  • 18% Engineering majors


  • 194 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 17% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • Vanderbilt University**
  • Nashville, Tennessee


  • Private


  • 6,200 Undergraduates


  • 17% Engineering majors


  • 20 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 9% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required

  • Northwestern University
  • Northwestern University


  • Public


  • 7,900 Undergraduates


  • 17% Engineering majors


  • 72 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 22% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required

  • Tufts University**
  • Medford, Massachusetts


  • Private


  • 1,707 Undergraduates


  • 15% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay, interview recommended

  • University of California: Berkeley
  • Berkeley, California


  • Public


  • 23,200 Undergraduates


  • 14% Engineering majors


  • 170 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 19% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 9,500 Undergraduates


  • 14% Engineering majors


  • 31 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 8% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University Park, Pennsylvania


  • Public


  • 34,000 Undergraduates


  • 14% Engineering majors


  • 130 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 10% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • Rochester Institute of Technology*
  • Rochester, New York


  • Private


  • 1,800 Undergraduates


  • 14% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT

  • University of Virginia
  • Charlottesville, Virginia


  • Private


  • 13,000 Undergraduates


  • 13% Engineering majors


  • 40 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 10% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

  • University of Rochester*
  • Rochester, New York


  • Private


  • 4,500 Undergraduates


  • 12% Engineering majors


  • 16 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 12% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • Duke University**
  • Durham, North Carolina


  • Private


  • 6,100 Undergraduates


  • 12% Engineering majors


  • 21 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 11% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required

  • Dartmouth College**
  • Hanover, New Hampshire


  • Private


  • 4,000 Undergraduates


  • 11% Engineering majors


  • 8 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 7% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay

  • University of Wisconsin
  • Madison, Wisconsin


  • Public


  • 40,000 Undergraduates


  • 11% Engineering majors


  • 79 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 13% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • University of Minnesota
  • Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota


  • Public


  • 28,700 Undergraduates


  • 11% Engineering majors


  • 77 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 14% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • Union College**
  • Schenectady, New York


  • Private


  • 2,150 Undergraduates


  • 10% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

  • University of Notre Dame
  • Notre Dame, Indiana


  • Private


  • 8,300 Undergraduates


  • 10% Engineering majors


  • 24 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 12% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required

  • Michigan State University
  • East Lansing, Michigan


  • Public


  • 34,600 Undergraduates


  • 10% Engineering majors


  • 26 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 4% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • Ohio State University
  • Columbus, Ohio


  • Public


  • 37,400 Undergraduates


  • 10% Engineering majors


  • 101 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 15% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • University of Southern California
  • Los Angeles, California


  • Private


  • 16,200 Undergraduates


  • 9% Engineering majors


  • 66 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 19% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, essay required

  • University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • Los Angeles, California


  • Public


  • 25,700 Undergraduates


  • 8% Engineering majors


  • 91 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 18% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required

  • Harvard University**
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts


  • Private


  • 6,600 Undergraduates


  • 8% Engineering majors


  • 14 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 11% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay, interview

  • Grove City College
  • Grove City, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 2,300 Undergraduates


  • 7% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

  • Boston University**
  • Boston, Massachusetts


  • Private


  • 16,000 Undergraduates


  • 6% Engineering majors


  • 21 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 9% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required

  • Trinity University**
  • San Antonio, Texas


  • Private


  • 2,400 Undergraduates


  • 6% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, essay

  • Swarthmore College**
  • Swarthmore, Pennsylvania


  • Private


  • 1,500 Undergraduates


  • 6% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

  • University of Iowa
  • Iowa City, Iowa


  • Public


  • 19,400 Undergraduates


  • 5% Engineering majors


  • 30 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 14% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT or ACT

  • Brown University
  • Providence, Rhode Island


  • Private


  • 5,600 Undergraduates


  • 4% Engineering majors


  • 5 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 8% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

  • Yale University**
  • New Haven, Connecticut


  • Private


  • 5,300 Undergraduates


  • 4% Engineering majors


  • 20 engineering PhD's awarded


  • 36% PhD/BS engineering


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

  • Trinity College*
  • Hartford, Connecticut


  • Private


  • 2,100 Undergraduates


  • 3% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

  • Washington and Lee University**
  • Lexington, Virginia


  • Private


  • 1,700 Undergraduates


  • 2% Engineering majors


  • No engineering PhD's awarded


  • SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required


  • * Indicates that the school accepts the Common Application
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