by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 63 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general mechanical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,842 doctor's degrees in general mechanical engineering during the <nil> academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The general mechanical engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general mechanical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
The general mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Stanford University
It is hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of California - Berkeley
It's difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Cornell University
UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University
Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Duke University
Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Northwestern University
Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station
Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in general mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY |
| 14 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 15 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN |
| 17 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH |
| 20 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX |
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