Top 15 Engineering Schools in the USA

Why study engineering in USA? Should I study engineering? Where to study engineering? After having finished high school, a lot of questions will raise about what to study; especially if you have already chosen a field but you do not know the specialty. I hope this post will help you to decide where and what engineering study.

The United States always ranks at the top of universities in the world. One of the reasons is because of the prestigious engineering programs that its colleges offer. If you are thinking about studying engineering take a look at the next list, and do not worry about the costs of going to the US if you are a good student you can get a scholarship that covers your expenses. But, the question is: what are the top engineering colleges in the US?

 

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

It is a private institution in Boston, Massachusetts. The MIT ranks every year at number one on world rankings. It is due to its technological and scientific academic excellence. The institution is considered the best university to study engineering. For instance, some of the majors they offer are chemical, civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, aeronautical, and manufacturing engineering. The university is also known because of its high number of patents licensed, leading-edge facilities, and Noble prize winners.

 

2. Stanford University

 

Stanford is located on the west coast of the US, in the state of California. Like the MIT, it also ranks at the top of world rankings, and, therefore, it is one of the best universities in the American territory. Its strongest engineering programs are chemical, electrical, mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing. Stanford has had more than 83 prizes Nobel within its walls.

 

3. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

 

The third best engineering school is the University of California, Berkeley. Like the last one, it is in California State, but this one is public. It still ranks at the top 5 of the world, and it is thanks to its chemical, civil and structural engineering programs. However, if your interests go toward electrical engineering, you are lucky!! This major is one position above the rest. It is in fourth place in the world.

4. Harvard

 

It is probably the most private well-known schools in the world. Not only because of its status and appearance in a lot of movies but because it is number one at price Nobel winners between alumni and staff (158). In addition, Harvard is in Boston, close to the MIT, and its best engineering programs are mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing.

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

The next one in the list is a university from Atlanta, Georgia, at the south of the USA. It is a public school, and it has several campuses outside the country; for instance, France, Ireland, Costa Rica, Singapore, and China. In other words, all these factors plus its high level on undergraduate and postgraduate programs in engineering helps the institution to be at the top of the ranking.

6. California Institute of Technology

 

Another university in the west coast is California Institute of Technology, as known as Cal Tech. Although it is one of the smallest universities in the world, it has achieved cutting the edge on technological majors. This helps to position the private school within the top 15 worldwide. Moreover, its best programs are biological and chemical engineering. Finally, it is famous because of its cross-disciplinary teaching and research, and the high number of Nobel prize winners that have walked inside the school (73).

7. Carnegie Mellon University

 

Maybe if you are not on the technological research loop, you will not hear about Carnegie Mellon University. Nevertheless, this private institution is above the top 25 US university ranking. It is set on an urban campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They got the prestigious thanks to its research, fellowships, and engineering on mechanical, computer, chemical, and civil.

8. University of California (UCLA)

 

This public university is in the neighborhood of Westwood in Los Angeles, very close to the Pacific Ocean. This school is famous because of two main factors: athletics and Samueli School of Engineering. They offer more than seven degrees in the field of Engineering. Some of them are bioengineering, chemical, bimolecular, civil, environmental, computer, electrical, mechanical, aerospace, materials science, etc.

9. Princeton University

 

Princeton University is at the top of the best ten private universities in the United States, and it ranks 25th on the engineering world rank. Close to Harvard’s case, we can say that it is a worldwide known institution likely because it is within the Ivy League, and it is the tenth university that has had more Nobel winners (43). We cannot either forget about its amazing engineering programs. It offers both graduate and undergraduate civil, chemical, and computer, among others.

10. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Next up on the list we find the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). It is one of the best institutions of the state of Illinois and North America, ranking 31 in the engineering world. UIUC is spectacular on its technological programs, and it has nothing to envy the other ones up in the list. In fact, the school is very well known in the software industry.

10. University of Texas at Austin

 

This university is also known as UT Austin, and it is one of the biggest public universities in the United States. As its name claims, the school is in Austin, Texas, in the South of the country. They spend more than $615 million on research on an academic year. Imagine how the science facilities are with that amount of money. Two of its best programs are Petroleum Engineering and Civil Engineering.

12. Cornell University

 

The twelfth best engineering school in the US is at Cornell University. It is based on Ithaca, New York. It ranks 33th in the world engineering programs and 12th about Nobel Prize winners (58). Cornell is the highest-rated engineering school within the Ivy League, which allows it to provide many resources for their academic programs and research. Some of its offers are biological, biomedical, electrical, Mechanical engineering.

13. University of Michigan

 

The University of Michigan was founded in 1817, it is in Ann Arbor, and it is the best fourth public university in the country. The institution has well-valued the graduate programs nationwide, especially its College of Engineering. It strongest specialties are aerospace, biomedical and chemical engineering.

14. Purdue University

 

It is a public university located in West Lafayette, Indiana. Since it was founded in the 19^th century, it has rename of being one of the best-established colleges of science and technology. Purdue is well known for its competitive engineering curricula, especially on aviation technology and aeronautical engineering programs, which remain among the most competitive aviation-specific programs in the world. One of the most worldwide known alumni from this university is Neil Armstrong.

15. Columbia University

 

Last but not least, we have Columbia University. Like Princeton, Harvard and Cornell University, it is an Ivy League school. In addition, it is the 5th university with more Nobel prize winner in the world, 96. It keeps the same position on best private institutions in the US. It is in New York City, and it is known because is one of the oldest engineering schools in the country. Its top majors are biological, biomedical, and computer engineering.

 

There are hundreds of universities in the USA. Some are public or private, bigger or smaller, more or less expensive, but there is no doubt that, in engineering, they are the best in the world.

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