Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in North America

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in the United States

#1 in the World

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

2. Stanford University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in the United States

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in the United States

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $21,669
Enrollment: 45,307

4. Harvard University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in the United States

#5 in the World

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

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in the United States

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 74%

6. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in the United States

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

7. University of Toronto

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Canada

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

8. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in the United States

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 73%

9. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in the United States

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $14,731
Enrollment: 52,319

10. Cornell University

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in the United States

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,060

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in the United States

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 58%

12. Pennsylvania State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in the United States

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

13. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 63%

14. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in the United States

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 83%

15. University of Texas at Austin

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in the United States

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

16. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in the United States

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

17. Carnegie Mellon University

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in the United States

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $33,499

18. University of California - Los Angeles

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in the United States

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $21,766
Enrollment: 46,430

19. University of California-San Diego

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in the United States

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $20,782
Enrollment: 42,006

20. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in the United States

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

21. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in the United States

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $24,034

22. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in the United States

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

23. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Canada

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

24. Columbia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in the United States

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

25. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in the United States

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,698

26. University of Pennsylvania

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in the United States

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,123

27. University of Southern California

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in the United States

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $36,808

28. University of Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in the United States

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

29. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in the United States

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,647

30. Northwestern University

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in the United States

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,095

31. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in the United States

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 71%

32. McGill University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Canada

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

33. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Canada

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

34. California Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#30 in the United States

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $20,755
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $59,192

35. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in the United States

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

36. University of California - Davis

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in the United States

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Receiving Aid: 63%
Average Aid: $20,548
Enrollment: 39,679

37. New York University

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in the United States

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,499

38. University of Chicago

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in the United States

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $36,991

39. University of Waterloo

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Canada

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

40. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in the United States

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Receiving Aid: 59%
Average Aid: $20,389
Enrollment: 26,420

41. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in the United States

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 94%

42. McMaster University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Canada

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

43. University of California - San Francisco

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in the United States

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,140
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

44. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in the United States

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 80%

45. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in the United States

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 70%

46. University of Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#40 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

47. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

#41 in the United States

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

48. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Canada

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

49. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Mechanical Engineering

#42 in the United States

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

50. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#43 in the United States

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,694

51. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

#44 in the United States

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $12,381
Enrollment: 80,065

52. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Mechanical Engineering

#45 in the United States

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

53. University of California - Irvine

For Mechanical Engineering

#46 in the United States

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $17,411
Enrollment: 35,937

54. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#47 in the United States

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 59%

55. Boston University

For Mechanical Engineering

#48 in the United States

#123 in the World

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

56. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Mechanical Engineering

#49 in the United States

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 91%

57. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Mechanical Engineering

#50 in the United States

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

58. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Mechanical Engineering

#51 in the United States

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

59. Western University

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Canada

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

60. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Mechanical Engineering

#52 in the United States

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,432

61. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Mechanical Engineering

#53 in the United States

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

62. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Mechanical Engineering

#54 in the United States

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

63. University of Rochester

For Mechanical Engineering

#55 in the United States

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1465
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $39,775

64. University at Buffalo

For Mechanical Engineering

#56 in the United States

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 86%

65. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Mechanical Engineering

#57 in the United States

#180 in the World

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

66. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Mechanical Engineering

#58 in the United States

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

67. Rice University

For Mechanical Engineering

#59 in the United States

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,902

68. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Mechanical Engineering

#60 in the United States

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,279

69. Stony Brook University

For Mechanical Engineering

#61 in the United States

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 88%

70. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Mechanical Engineering

#62 in the United States

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,127

71. Tulane University of Louisiana

United States | Louisiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#63 in the United States

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,263

72. Queen's University

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Canada

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

73. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Mechanical Engineering

#64 in the United States

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,723

74. Providence College

United States | Rhode Island

For Mechanical Engineering

#65 in the United States

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,970

75. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Mechanical Engineering

#66 in the United States

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $25,606

76. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Mechanical Engineering

#67 in the United States

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 93%

77. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Mechanical Engineering

#68 in the United States

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,680

78. University of Connecticut

United States | Connecticut

For Mechanical Engineering

#69 in the United States

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

79. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#70 in the United States

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 98%

80. Clemson University

United States | South Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#71 in the United States

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 85%

81. University of Houston

For Mechanical Engineering

#72 in the United States

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

82. University of Ottawa

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Canada

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

83. Drexel University

For Mechanical Engineering

#73 in the United States

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $39,267

84. Florida State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#74 in the United States

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 93%

85. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

United States | Nebraska

For Mechanical Engineering

#75 in the United States

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 95%

86. University of Miami

For Mechanical Engineering

#76 in the United States

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $36,467

87. University of Montreal

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Canada

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

88. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Mechanical Engineering

#77 in the United States

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 91%

89. University of Notre Dame

United States | Indiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#78 in the United States

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,474

90. Simon Fraser University

Canada | British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Canada

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1965

91. Concordia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Canada

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1974

92. Wayne State University

United States | Michigan

For Mechanical Engineering

#79 in the United States

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

93. University of South Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#80 in the United States

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 90%

94. University of Manitoba

Canada | Manitoba

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Canada

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 29,800
Founded: 1877

95. University of Central Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#81 in the United States

#294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 96%

96. Oregon State University

United States | Oregon

For Mechanical Engineering

#82 in the United States

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,260
Enrollment: 34,292

97. Polytechnic School of Montreal

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Canada

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 9,476
Founded: 1873

98. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Mechanical Engineering

#83 in the United States

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 84%

99. Laval University

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Canada

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1852

100. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai