2025 Best Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
64Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
32,195Engineering Degrees Awarded
$76,684Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 64 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 32,195 degrees in engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of 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 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic 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 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 Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Engineering
Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1363 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Johns Hopkins University earn a boost of around $28,884 over the typical earnings of engineering graduates.
Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1457 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering major at Carnegie Mellon University earn $35,479 above the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering has to take a look at Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1404 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York make $10,979 more than the standard engineering student.
Any student who is interested in engineering has to check out Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 1408 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Cornell University get $19,115 above the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1572 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Those engineering students who get their degree from University of Maryland - College Park earn $6,848 more than the average engineering grad.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 577 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering program at University of Pennsylvania get $4,236 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 411 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Villanova University get an earnings boost of about $7,162 over the average income of engineering majors.
RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means RPI is a great school overall.
There were roughly 941.0000000000001 engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program earn about $75,824 in their early career salary.
Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken. This school ranks 3rd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 1159 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent data year. Engineering degree recipients from Stevens Institute of Technology earn a boost of approximately $12,007 over the average earnings of engineering graduates.
Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were about 466 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering program at Lehigh University earn $2,318 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 1136 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career income of $72,939.
Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 811 engineering students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make about $71,350 in the first couple years of their career.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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 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 engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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