by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 18 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,078 bachelor's degrees in engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering.
It's difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
It's hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Pennsylvania
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in engineering needs to look into Lehigh University. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Lehigh University
Villanova University is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Villanova University
Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Drexel University
Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lewisburg.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Bucknell University
Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Temple University
Located in the suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Lafayette College
Etown is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Elizabethtown.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering from Elizabethtown College
Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 37 | 6,883 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 2,740 |
| Maryland | 33 | 2,311 |
| Delaware | 30 | 430 |
| District of Columbia | 28 | 378 |
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,669 |
| Electrical Engineering | 723 |
| Civil Engineering | 697 |
| Chemical Engineering | 530 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 525 |
| Computer Engineering | 490 |
| General Engineering | 286 |
| Industrial Engineering | 283 |
| Environmental Engineering | 131 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 126 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 6,193 |
| Physical Sciences | 1,676 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 1,605 |
| Natural Resources & Conservation | 745 |
| Engineering Technologies | 651 |
| Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | 595 |
| Architecture & Related Services | 478 |
| Military Technologies & Applied Sciences | 76 |
| Science Technologies / Technicians | 24 |
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