Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in North America

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in the United States

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $16,326
Enrollment: 50,278

4. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in the United States

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 72%

5. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in the United States

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1060
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 100%

6. Ohio State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in the United States

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 83%

7. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in the United States

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 78%

8. University of Rochester

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in the United States

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,125

9. Pennsylvania State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in the United States

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $8,719
Enrollment: 40,363

10. University of California - Berkeley

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $21,406
Enrollment: 45,036

11. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in the United States

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 85%

12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in the United States

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 72%

13. Stanford University

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in the United States

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $14,402

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in the United States

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 64%

15. Augsburg University

United States | Minnesota

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in the United States

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1282
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $23,871

16. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in the United States

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1420
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 68%

17. California Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in the United States

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Net Price: $30,162
Receiving Aid: 67%
Average Aid: $47,556

18. University of Akron

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in the United States

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $7,341
Enrollment: 14,498

19. Carnegie Mellon University

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in the United States

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $37,450

20. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in the United States

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $13,910

21. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in the United States

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $20,908

22. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Canada

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 59,659
Founded: 1908

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in the United States

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

24. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in the United States

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 74%

25. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in the United States

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Receiving Aid: 54%
Average Aid: $15,895
Enrollment: 52,434

26. University of Texas at Austin

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in the United States

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 71%

27. Northwestern University

United States | Illinois

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in the United States

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $29,999

28. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in the United States

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

29. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in the United States

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 93%

30. McGill University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Canada

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 40,036
Founded: 1821

31. Northeastern University

United States | Massachusetts

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in the United States

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,927

32. University of Waterloo

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Canada

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

33. Cornell University

For Mechanical Engineering

#30 in the United States

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $24,262

34. Syracuse University

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in the United States

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,545

35. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in the United States

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 94%

36. McMaster University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Canada

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 30,117
Founded: 1887

37. University of California - Los Angeles

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in the United States

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 56%
Average Aid: $17,592
Enrollment: 46,116

38. Michigan State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in the United States

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 72%

39. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in the United States

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,070

40. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in the United States

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

41. University of Southern California

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in the United States

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,021

42. University of Pittsburgh

United States | District of Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in the United States

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 78%

43. Lynn University

United States | Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in the United States

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $38,315

44. East Tennessee State University

United States | Tennessee

For Mechanical Engineering

#40 in the United States

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,541

45. Clemson University

United States | South Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#41 in the United States

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 87%

46. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Mechanical Engineering

#42 in the United States

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 65%

47. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

#43 in the United States

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $12,201
Enrollment: 77,881

48. Georgetown University

For Mechanical Engineering

#44 in the United States

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,049

49. University of Connecticut

United States | Connecticut

For Mechanical Engineering

#45 in the United States

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

50. University of Toronto

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Canada

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 95,055
Founded: 1827

51. University of Pennsylvania

For Mechanical Engineering

#46 in the United States

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $14,578

52. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Mechanical Engineering

#47 in the United States

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 63%

53. University of Cincinnati

For Mechanical Engineering

#48 in the United States

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 85%

54. University of Illinois at Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Mechanical Engineering

#49 in the United States

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

55. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#50 in the United States

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

56. University of California - Davis

For Mechanical Engineering

#51 in the United States

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $17,628
Enrollment: 40,050

57. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Mechanical Engineering

#52 in the United States

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 89%

58. Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States | Missouri

For Mechanical Engineering

#53 in the United States

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 98%

59. University of Toledo

For Mechanical Engineering

#54 in the United States

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 95%

60. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Canada

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

61. California State University - Long Beach

For Mechanical Engineering

#55 in the United States

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $9,433
Enrollment: 40,190

62. Binghamton University

For Mechanical Engineering

#56 in the United States

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 76%

63. Case Western Reserve University

For Mechanical Engineering

#57 in the United States

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,166

64. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Mechanical Engineering

#58 in the United States

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1513
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $27,297

65. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Mechanical Engineering

#59 in the United States

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Net Price: $20,680
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $45,373

66. Drexel University

For Mechanical Engineering

#60 in the United States

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $26,076

67. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Mechanical Engineering

#61 in the United States

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,553

68. Michigan Technological University

For Mechanical Engineering

#62 in the United States

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1233
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 99%

69. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

United States | Nebraska

For Mechanical Engineering

#63 in the United States

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

70. University of Notre Dame

United States | Indiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#64 in the United States

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,513

71. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#65 in the United States

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 95%

72. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Mechanical Engineering

#66 in the United States

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1248
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 90%

73. Concordia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Canada

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1974

74. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#67 in the United States

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $35,012

75. Columbia University

For Mechanical Engineering

#68 in the United States

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $12,411

76. Laval University

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Canada

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1852

77. Auburn University

United States | Alabama

For Mechanical Engineering

#69 in the United States

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Receiving Aid: 76%
Average Aid: $10,448
Enrollment: 31,526

78. University of Victoria

Canada | British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Canada

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 20,492
Founded: 1963

79. University of California - Irvine

For Mechanical Engineering

#70 in the United States

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $16,868
Enrollment: 36,505

80. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

#71 in the United States

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 95%

81. Ontario Tech University

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Canada

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2002

82. University of Alabama

United States | Alabama

For Mechanical Engineering

#72 in the United States

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 85%

83. Wayne State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#73 in the United States

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 99%

84. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

For Mechanical Engineering

#74 in the United States

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,178
Male:Female: 83:17
Founded: 1919

85. University of Windsor

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Canada

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 16,092
Founded: 1857

86. Mississippi State University

United States | Mississippi

For Mechanical Engineering

#75 in the United States

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 97%

87. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Canada

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1908

88. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Mechanical Engineering

#76 in the United States

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $20,605

89. University of Texas at Arlington

For Mechanical Engineering

#77 in the United States

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 91%

90. Brigham Young University - Provo

United States | Utah

For Mechanical Engineering

#78 in the United States

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $13,432

91. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

#79 in the United States

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 96%

92. Oregon State University

United States | Oregon

For Mechanical Engineering

#80 in the United States

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 93%

93. Utah State University

United States | Utah

For Mechanical Engineering

#81 in the United States

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

94. Queen's University

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Canada

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

95. Rice University

For Mechanical Engineering

#82 in the United States

#335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $18,521

96. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Mechanical Engineering

#83 in the United States

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 91%

97. University of New Mexico

United States | New Mexico

For Mechanical Engineering

#84 in the United States

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $7,531

98. Polytechnic School of Montreal