2025 Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in Maine

General Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 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 Maine to determine which ones were the best for general mechanical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 150 degrees in general mechanical engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Mechanical Engineering Schools List

General Mechanical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for General Mechanical Engineering in Maine

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general mechanical engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Maine Schools in General Mechanical Engineering

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern Maine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general mechanical engineering. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Portland.More information about a degree in general mechanical engineering from University of Southern Maine

2

University of Maine
Orono, ME

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

126 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

36.5% Growth in Graduates

University of Maine is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general mechanical engineering. UMaine is a large public university located in the small suburb of Orono.More information about a degree in general mechanical engineering from University of Maine

Best General Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	2,085
Connecticut	538	531
Rhode Island	436	140
New Hampshire	395	125
Vermont	352	132

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Mechanical Engineering

General Mechanical Engineering is one of 0 different types of Mechanical Engineering programs to choose from.

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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.