Best US Engineering Colleges and Universities

Here is a listing of the best Engineering Schools (compiled from usnews listing)


1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts 
MIT is best known for its math, science, and engineering programs. Currently in 2018, it is rated as #1 for Computer Science. Located just across the Charles River, MIT offers one of the coolest dorms in the country called "The Sponge," which was designed by prestigious architect Steven Holl, who has won a slew of design awards, according to the U.S. News & World Report. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report


2. Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Currently Stanford is also ranked #1 for Computer Science. It has 90+ Graduate fields of study with 2,180 Faculty members. The Student-to-faculty ratio is 5:1. Stanford University students have spawned top-notch tech companies like Google, Hewlett Packard, and more recently Snapchat. In fact, companies formed by Stanford alumni generate revenues of $2.7 trillion annually, according to a recent study. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the co-founders of Google and they did their computer science PhD at Stanford University.
Top tech employers: Google, Apple, Cisco 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

3. University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California 
Engineering is an integral part of UC Berkeley. An engineering graduate from UC Berkeley is nearly guaranteed to be $1.1 million better off after 20 years than someone who never went to college, according to the Economist.
Berkeley is home to some of the world's greatest minds leading more than 130 academic departments and 80 interdisciplinary research units and addressing the world’s most pertinent challenges.
Top tech employers: Google, Oracle, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

4. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California 
The California Institute of Technology isn't just a great engineering school. It's one of the 50 best colleges in America. Caltech is small but prizes excellence and ambition. The contributions of Caltech's faculty and alumni have earned national and international recognition, including 39 Nobel Prizes. The Institute manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet; owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M. Keck Observatories; and co-founded and co-manages LIGO, which, in 2016, observed gravitational waves for the first time.

The Institute has one of the nation's lowest student-to-faculty ratios (3:1), with 300 professorial faculty members offering a rigorous curriculum and access to varied learning opportunities and hands-on research to approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 1,250 graduate students. Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.
Caltech's motto is "The truth shall make you free."
The private institution involved in research projects with grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
Top tech employers: Google, Intel, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

5. Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the most underrated schools when it comes to electrical and electronic engineering. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, AT&T 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

6. University of Illinois —Urbana-Champaign (Apply for admission)
Champaign, Illinois 
The University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign is a public school, competing with many private peers on this list. 
Notable alumni include YouTube cofounder Steve Chen and film critic Robert Ebert. Its Alumni boasts of 28 Pulitzer Prizes. The College of Engineering is ranked 6th in undergraduate and 9th in graduate programs nationally.
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

7. Carnegie Mellon University 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduates from Carnegie Melon's School of Computer Science were the top earners among their peers last year. On average, those graduates made $84,409 annually. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

8. Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Cornell is the highly regarded Ivy League school in upstate New York. In 1883, Cornell introduced the world's first bachelor's degree program in electrical engineering. 
Last April, Cornell received $133 million to open a massive new tech school in New York City. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Intel 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is one of the best college towns to live in, and offers one of the premier engineering schools in the country. 
Overall, the University of Michigan is ranked No. 28 on U.S. News & World Report's list of best national universities. 
Top tech employers: Google, Microsoft, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

10. Purdue University—West Lafayette
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University — West Lafayette is the main campus in the Purdue University system. 
Inside its college of engineering is the school of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which has been dubbed "Cradle of Astronauts." Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, attended Purdue. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

11. University of Texas — Austin
Austin, Texas
As one of the largest schools in the nation, the University of Texas - Austin also boasts one of the biggest Greek systems in the country. 
Its school slogan is "what starts here changes the world." 
Top tech employers: Dell, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

12. Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Ivy League school Princeton was the first university to offer a "no loan" policy to students needing financial aid. Instead of loans, Princeton decided to offer grants to eligible students. 
Notable alumni include First Lady Michelle Obama and former US President Woodrow Wilson. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

13. Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern is on the outskirts of Chicago, in Evanston, Illinois. Other than its engineering school, Northwestern is known for both its journalism and law schools. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

14. University of Wisconsin — Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin — Madison lies along the southern shore of Lake Mendota. The school has an active Greek life, and (unsurprisingly) the college is known as one of the top party schools in the country. 
Top tech employers: Microsoft, Intel 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

15. Texas A&M University, College Station
College Station, Texas
Texas A&M University's main campus is one of the largest in America, spanning 5,500 acres. 
Texas A&M ranks in the top 20 American research institutes in terms of funding and has made notable contributions to such fields like animal cloning and petroleum engineering. 
Top tech employers: Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

16. Virgina Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Virginia Tech's campus uses of Hokie Stone, a combination of different colored limestone, which adorn most of its buildings and other campus features, including a memorial to the 2007 massacre at the school. 
At Virginia Tech, students are encouraged to "invent the future." 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

17. Johns Hopkins University
University in Baltimore, Maryland
While it may be one of the most expensive colleges in the country, Johns Hopkins University seems to be worth it — 33 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university, either as faculty members or alumni. In 2009, Hopkins received $1.86 billion in federal research grants — more than any other US university. 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

18. Rice University 
Houston, Texas
Students at Rice University are known for having some of the highest SAT scores in the nation. 
Situated in Houston, Texas, Rice is known for the success of its baseball team. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Google 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

19. Columbia University
New York, New York
Located in New York City, Columbia's location is one of its greatest selling points. It is also an Ivy League school.
The university's neo-classical campus occupies six city blocks in Manhattan, taking up a little over 30 acres and offering a respite from the hustle and bustle outside its gates. Columbia was ranked at the top of the Best College Library list, and currently hosts more than 10 million volumes. 
The Ivy League establishment is home to the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

20. Duke University
Durham, N.C.
Duke University is known as one of the smartest colleges in the nation. The Pratt School of Engineering offers degrees in biomedical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical and material sciences engineering. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

21. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
University Park, Pennsylvania
Known as "Happy Valley," Penn State is also home to THON, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. 
Off campus, students can explore the town of State College, a small town with coffee shops, restaurants, and bars. 
Top tech employers: IBM, 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

22. University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
UCLA is ranked as one of the top public schools with the smartest students. Located in the heart of Westwood in Southern California, UCLA students have movie premieres right at their fingertips. 
The school offers more than 3,000 courses and more than 130 majors. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

23. Harvard University 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
From the president of the United States to the heads of some of the biggest financial institutions in the world, Harvard University graduates have established themselves in powerful positions. 
Harvard students also boast some of the highest SAT scores, on average. 
Top tech employers: Google, Microsoft, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

24. University of Maryland College Park
College Park, Maryland
Sports play a huge role in campus culture largely thanks to its basketball team, the Maryland Terrapins. The mascot, Testudo, is a Diamondback terrapin. One of several Testudo sculptures on campus sits in front of McKeldin Library. Rubbing its nose will apparently bring you good luck. 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report


25 University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is located in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, though its main campus is located in Minneapolis. 
The College of Science and Engineering is located in the Mall area, known as the center of the Minneapolis Campus. 
Top tech employers: 3M 
Source: U.S. News & World Report