2025 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

a doctor's degree in general engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #49 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 33 doctor's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt general engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Engineering in Pennsylvania

The following list ranks 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

15 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general engineering. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2

Villanova University
Villanova, PA

16 Annual Graduates

Villanova University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general engineering. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	174	22
Maryland	119	15
New Jersey	115	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering

General Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	33

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	121
Mechanical Engineering	97
Biomedical Engineering	85
Chemical Engineering	56
Materials Engineering	52
Civil Engineering	44
Industrial Engineering	20
Robotics Engineering	17
Petroleum Engineering	12
Engineering Science	11

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.