by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 318 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33,840 bachelor's degrees in general mechanical engineering during the <nil> academic year.
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Your choice of general mechanical engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality general mechanical engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor'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.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin
UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of California - Berkeley
Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech
WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Northeastern University
Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Cornell University
Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Stanford University
Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Duke University
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 bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station
UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Maryland - College Park
Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Notre Dame
Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of California - Davis
Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Connecticut
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of California - Irvine
USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Southern California
Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Michigan State University
Stevens is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology
Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Northwestern University
This section represents the rest of the schools awarded a Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 20% of the 318 different United States general mechanical engineering schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY |
| 52 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
| 53 | Arizona State University - Tempe | Tempe, AZ |
| 54 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 55 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
| 56 | Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR |
| 57 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN |
| 58 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA |
| 59 | University of Dayton | Dayton, OH |
| 60 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 61 | Rice University | Houston, TX |
| 62 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY |
| 63 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, NJ |
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
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