2025 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

General Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #54 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 doctor's degrees in general engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering 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 General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Engineering in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in general engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Villanova University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general engineering. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova.More information about a doctorate in general engineering from Villanova University

Best General Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	22
Maryland	190	15
New Jersey	165	4

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General Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 Rémi Kaupp. More about our data sources and methodologies.