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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 63 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 8,869 degrees in general mechanical engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Mechanical Engineering School
Your choice of general mechanical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general mechanical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Mechanical Engineering Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Mechanical Engineering in the Southeast Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Southeast Region Schools in General Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 739 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Duke University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were about 120 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Virginia Tech is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 379 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
University of Florida is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general mechanical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 487 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Auburn is a very large public university located in the city of Auburn. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were about 268 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 304 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 352 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
UA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tuscaloosa. This university ranks 3rd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 346 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 228 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 209 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
UCF is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando. This university ranks 10th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 534 general mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
Here are some additional great schools for General Mechanical Engineering students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region award.
General Mechanical Engineering Related Rankings by Major
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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).
Your choice of general mechanical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general mechanical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
