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Your Chances of Admission at Top Engineering Schools
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Profiles of Top Engineering Schools
To help you gage the breadth of the engineering research conducted and the undergraduate research opportunities, we provide the number of PhD degrees awarded in engineering, as well as, the percentage of engineering PhD's to bachelor degrees in engineering for each university. Universities that award no PhD's generally focus less on research and more on undergraduate teaching.
The universities below are listed in descending order based on their percentage of PhD to BS degrees in engineering. You can click on the university name to go to that university's web site.
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Lehigh University*
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Private
4,700 Undergraduates
32% Engineering majors
25 engineering PhD's awarded
8% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT,essay
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Columbia University: Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
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New York, New York
Private
1,360 Engineering Undergrads
31% Engineering majors (at Columbia U)
72 engineering PhD's awarded
19% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and essay
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Rice University**
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Houston, Texas
Private
2,900 Undergraduates
27% Engineering majors
34 engineering PhD's awarded
17% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required, interview recommended
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United States Coast Guard Academy
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New London, Connecticut
Public
1,000 Undergraduates
25% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, essay, physical fitness evaluation
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Carnegie Mellon University**
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Private
5,300 Undergraduates
24% Engineering majors
75 engineering PhD's awarded
26% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests in Math/Physics/Chemistry
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Cornell University
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Ithaca, New York
Private
13,625 Undergraduates
23% Engineering majors
78 engineering PhD's awarded
10% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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United States Air Force Academy
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Public
4,200 Undergraduates
23% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, essay, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay, interview required
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United States Military Academy: West Point
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West Point, New York
Public
4,000 Undergraduates
23% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay required
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Blacksburg, Virginia
Public
21,400 Undergraduates
23% Engineering majors
98 engineering PhD's awarded
9% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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Purdue University
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West Lafayette, Indiana
Public
30,400 Undergraduates
22% Engineering majors
127 engineering PhD's awarded
11% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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Lafayette College**
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Easton, Pennsylvania
Private
2,200 Undergraduates
22% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and interview recommended, essay
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Stanford University
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Palo Alto, California
Private
6,400 Undergraduates
21% Engineering majors
191 engineering PhD's awarded
51% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required
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Johns Hopkins University**
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Baltimore, Maryland
Private
4,100 Undergraduates
21% Engineering majors
50 engineering PhD's awarded
18% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay, interview recommended
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University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Public
24,300 Undergraduates
21% Engineering majors
195 engineering PhD's awarded
17% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay
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Bucknell University**
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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Private
3,500 Undergraduates
19% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required
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Princeton University
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Princeton, New Jersey
Private
4,600 Undergraduates
18% Engineering majors
110 engineering PhD's awarded
54% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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University of Illinois
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Urbana, Illinois
Public
28,200 Undergraduates
18% Engineering majors
194 engineering PhD's awarded
17% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay
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Vanderbilt University**
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Nashville, Tennessee
Private
6,200 Undergraduates
17% Engineering majors
20 engineering PhD's awarded
9% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required
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Northwestern University
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Northwestern University
Public
7,900 Undergraduates
17% Engineering majors
72 engineering PhD's awarded
22% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required
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Tufts University**
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Medford, Massachusetts
Private
1,707 Undergraduates
15% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay, interview recommended
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University of California: Berkeley
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Berkeley, California
Public
23,200 Undergraduates
14% Engineering majors
170 engineering PhD's awarded
19% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required
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University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private
9,500 Undergraduates
14% Engineering majors
31 engineering PhD's awarded
8% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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Pennsylvania State University
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University Park, Pennsylvania
Public
34,000 Undergraduates
14% Engineering majors
130 engineering PhD's awarded
10% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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Rochester Institute of Technology*
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Rochester, New York
Private
1,800 Undergraduates
14% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT
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University of Virginia
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Private
13,000 Undergraduates
13% Engineering majors
40 engineering PhD's awarded
10% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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University of Rochester*
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Rochester, New York
Private
4,500 Undergraduates
12% Engineering majors
16 engineering PhD's awarded
12% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay
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Duke University**
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Durham, North Carolina
Private
6,100 Undergraduates
12% Engineering majors
21 engineering PhD's awarded
11% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required
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Dartmouth College**
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Hanover, New Hampshire
Private
4,000 Undergraduates
11% Engineering majors
8 engineering PhD's awarded
7% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay
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University of Wisconsin
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Madison, Wisconsin
Public
40,000 Undergraduates
11% Engineering majors
79 engineering PhD's awarded
13% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay
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University of Minnesota
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Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota
Public
28,700 Undergraduates
11% Engineering majors
77 engineering PhD's awarded
14% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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Union College**
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Schenectady, New York
Private
2,150 Undergraduates
10% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended
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University of Notre Dame
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Notre Dame, Indiana
Private
8,300 Undergraduates
10% Engineering majors
24 engineering PhD's awarded
12% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required
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Michigan State University
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East Lansing, Michigan
Public
34,600 Undergraduates
10% Engineering majors
26 engineering PhD's awarded
4% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay
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Ohio State University
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Columbus, Ohio
Public
37,400 Undergraduates
10% Engineering majors
101 engineering PhD's awarded
15% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, California
Private
16,200 Undergraduates
9% Engineering majors
66 engineering PhD's awarded
19% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, essay required
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University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Los Angeles, California
Public
25,700 Undergraduates
8% Engineering majors
91 engineering PhD's awarded
18% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required
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Harvard University**
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Private
6,600 Undergraduates
8% Engineering majors
14 engineering PhD's awarded
11% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay, interview
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Grove City College
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Grove City, Pennsylvania
Private
2,300 Undergraduates
7% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, essay required, interview recommended
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Boston University**
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Boston, Massachusetts
Private
16,000 Undergraduates
6% Engineering majors
21 engineering PhD's awarded
9% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required
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Trinity University**
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San Antonio, Texas
Private
2,400 Undergraduates
6% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, essay
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Swarthmore College**
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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Private
1,500 Undergraduates
6% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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University of Iowa
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Iowa City, Iowa
Public
19,400 Undergraduates
5% Engineering majors
30 engineering PhD's awarded
14% PhD/BS engineering
SAT or ACT
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Brown University
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Providence, Rhode Island
Private
5,600 Undergraduates
4% Engineering majors
5 engineering PhD's awarded
8% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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Yale University**
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New Haven, Connecticut
Private
5,300 Undergraduates
4% Engineering majors
20 engineering PhD's awarded
36% PhD/BS engineering
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay
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Trinity College*
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Hartford, Connecticut
Private
2,100 Undergraduates
3% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended
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Washington and Lee University**
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Lexington, Virginia
Private
1,700 Undergraduates
2% Engineering majors
No engineering PhD's awarded
SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required
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