48 Best Mechanical Engineering schools in Massachusetts

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Massachusetts ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 3.97M citations received by 99.4K academic papers made by 48 universities in Massachusetts was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in the United States

#1 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 36
Net Price: $20,232

2. Harvard University

Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in the United States

#4 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

3. Boston University

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#48 in the United States

#55 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,829

4. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Amherst

For Mechanical Engineering

#57 in the United States

#65 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 91%

5. Northeastern University

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#96 in the United States

#112 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $35,827

6. Tufts University

Medford

For Mechanical Engineering

#104 in the United States

#122 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,479

7. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester

For Mechanical Engineering

#140 in the United States

#167 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Net Price: $46,876
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $27,059

8. Boston College

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#146 in the United States

#173 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,559

9. Brandeis University

Waltham

For Mechanical Engineering

#155 in the United States

#184 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,565

10. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester

For Mechanical Engineering

#157 in the United States

#186 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,352
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1962

11. University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell

For Mechanical Engineering

#169 in the United States

#198 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1259
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

12. University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#215 in the United States

#247 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

13. Clark University

Worcester

For Mechanical Engineering

#260 in the United States

#296 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $32,053

14. Amherst College

Amherst

For Mechanical Engineering

#275 in the United States

#312 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,367

15. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Dartmouth

For Mechanical Engineering

#277 in the United States

#314 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1140
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 98%

16. Smith College

Northampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#289 in the United States

#328 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $30,790

17. Wellesley College

Wellesley

For Mechanical Engineering

#310 in the United States

#351 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $21,362

18. Williams College

Williamstown

For Mechanical Engineering

#312 in the United States

#353 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,965

19. Fisher College

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#318 in the United States

#359 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $26,257
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $25,406

20. Babson College

Wellesley

For Mechanical Engineering

#320 in the United States

#361 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $28,400

21. Bentley University

Waltham

For Mechanical Engineering

#335 in the United States

#376 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1339
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $44,233

22. Simmons University

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#363 in the United States

#405 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $24,423

23. Western New England University

Springfield

For Mechanical Engineering

#382 in the United States

#426 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,214

24. Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley

For Mechanical Engineering

#397 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,765

25. Suffolk University

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#415 in the United States

#462 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $32,270

26. Endicott College

Beverly

For Mechanical Engineering

#450 in the United States

#501 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $39,496

27. MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#518 in the United States

#571 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,353
Male:Female: 15:85
Founded: 1977

28. Framingham State University

Framingham

For Mechanical Engineering

#522 in the United States

#575 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1105
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $8,069

29. Merrimack College

North Andover

For Mechanical Engineering

#535 in the United States

#588 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $37,296
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $27,729

30. Dean College

Franklin

For Mechanical Engineering

#536 in the United States

#589 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $32,219
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,972

31. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham

For Mechanical Engineering

#552 in the United States

#605 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $38,502

32. Bay State College

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#589 in the United States

#646 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Net Price: $43,020
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,243

33. College of the Holy Cross

Worcester

For Mechanical Engineering

#598 in the United States

#655 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,679

34. Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#671 in the United States

#732 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $37,901

35. Stonehill College

Easton

For Mechanical Engineering

#676 in the United States

#737 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,021
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $34,710

36. MCPHS University

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#688 in the United States

#749 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $38,776

37. Hebrew College

Newton Centre

For Mechanical Engineering

#695 in the United States

#756 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 212
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1921

38. Springfield College

Springfield

For Mechanical Engineering

#708 in the United States

#770 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,930

39. Newbury College

Brookline

For Mechanical Engineering

#721 in the United States

#783 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $23,613
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,393

40. Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater

For Mechanical Engineering

#728 in the United States

#793 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

41. Emmanuel College

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#737 in the United States

#802 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,273

42. Salem State University

Salem

For Mechanical Engineering

#819 in the United States

#886 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1098
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,562

43. Hampshire College

Amherst

For Mechanical Engineering

#840 in the United States

#907 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Net Price: $24,087
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $44,835

44. Emerson College

Boston

For Mechanical Engineering

#874 in the United States

#941 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $51,432

45. Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#876 in the United States

#943 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

46. Worcester State University

Worcester

For Mechanical Engineering

#877 in the United States

#944 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1118
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 100%

47. Lesley University

Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#908 in the United States

#976 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $32,414
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $16,279

48. Westfield State University

Westfield

For Mechanical Engineering

#920 in the United States

#989 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $6,904
Enrollment: 4,702

Closest to Massachusetts states to learn Mechanical Engineering

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Rhode Island	7	64
Connecticut	18	27
New Hampshire	8	114
Vermont	3	149
New York	96	9
New Jersey	19	23
Maine	6	186
Pennsylvania	67	11
Maryland	21	12
District of Columbia	8	108
Virginia	28	29
West Virginia	6	110
Ohio	39	13
North Carolina	24	38
Michigan	23	5
South Carolina	14	71
Indiana	21	19
Kentucky	13	58
Tennessee	24	51
Wisconsin	21	10
Georgia	23	7
Illinois	40	6
Alabama	15	92
Iowa	10	31
Missouri	20	52
Florida	32	26
Minnesota	20	15
Mississippi	6	124
Arkansas	10	137
Louisiana	16	63
Kansas	8	109
South Dakota	6	293
North Dakota	4	192
Nebraska	7	75
Oklahoma	10	90
Puerto Rico	5	285
Texas	55	14
Colorado	14	45
Montana	3	185
New Mexico	5	99
Utah	7	42
Idaho	4	167
Arizona	5	41
Washington	18	8
Oregon	14	82
California	80	2
Alaska	3	217
Hawaii	4	126