67 Best Mechanical Engineering schools in Pennsylvania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Pennsylvania ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 2.66M citations received by 94.3K academic papers made by 67 universities in Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania State University

University Park

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in the United States

#12 in North America

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

2. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in the United States

#17 in North America

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

3. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in the United States

#26 in North America

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

4. University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#40 in the United States

#46 in North America

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

5. Drexel University

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#73 in the United States

#83 in North America

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

6. Lehigh University

Bethlehem

For Mechanical Engineering

#101 in the United States

#117 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $30,453

7. Temple University

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#127 in the United States

#152 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,575
Enrollment: 33,196

8. California University of Pennsylvania

California

For Mechanical Engineering

#180 in the United States

#210 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $6,250
Enrollment: 6,885

9. Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#188 in the United States

#218 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $28,110

10. Villanova University

Villanova

For Mechanical Engineering

#212 in the United States

#243 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1439
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $34,837

11. Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine

Hershey

For Mechanical Engineering

#225 in the United States

#257 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

12. Bucknell University

Lewisburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#236 in the United States

#268 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,965

13. Duquesne University

Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#268 in the United States

#305 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $33,919

14. Lafayette College

Easton

For Mechanical Engineering

#315 in the United States

#356 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $37,186

15. Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr

For Mechanical Engineering

#330 in the United States

#371 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1388
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,072

16. West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester

For Mechanical Engineering

#338 in the United States

#379 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 86%

17. Swarthmore College

Swarthmore

For Mechanical Engineering

#387 in the United States

#433 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $20,715

18. Widener University

Chester

For Mechanical Engineering

#405 in the United States

#451 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1198
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $32,185

19. Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#406 in the United States

#453 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,777

20. Haverford College

Haverford

For Mechanical Engineering

#462 in the United States

#513 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,476

21. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana

For Mechanical Engineering

#466 in the United States

#517 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 100%

22. Allegheny College

Meadville

For Mechanical Engineering

#484 in the United States

#535 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1243
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,719

23. Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster

For Mechanical Engineering

#492 in the United States

#544 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $31,135

24. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mansfield

For Mechanical Engineering

#504 in the United States

#557 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,863
Enrollment: 1,784

25. Gettysburg College

Gettysburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#510 in the United States

#563 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $33,882

26. University of the Sciences

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#511 in the United States

#564 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Net Price: $29,948
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $14,493

27. Robert Morris University

Moon Township

For Mechanical Engineering

#519 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $23,572
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $24,512

28. Gannon University

Erie

For Mechanical Engineering

#523 in the United States

#576 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Net Price: $22,200
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,172

29. La Salle University

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#531 in the United States

#584 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1159
Net Price: $17,552
Receiving Aid: 100%

30. La Roche College

Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#551 in the United States

#604 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $24,233

31. University of Scranton

Scranton

For Mechanical Engineering

#553 in the United States

#606 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $35,526

32. York College of Pennsylvania

York

For Mechanical Engineering

#566 in the United States

#620 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $20,916

33. King's College - Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre

For Mechanical Engineering

#568 in the United States

#622 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $25,869

34. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#577 in the United States

#632 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1095
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $7,593

35. Dickinson College

Carlisle

For Mechanical Engineering

#597 in the United States

#654 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Net Price: $37,610
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $39,554

36. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#601 in the United States

#658 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $6,347
Enrollment: 7,500

37. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown

For Mechanical Engineering

#619 in the United States

#677 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1150
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,563

38. Geneva College

Beaver Falls

For Mechanical Engineering

#629 in the United States

#688 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Net Price: $20,999
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $20,305

39. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock

For Mechanical Engineering

#631 in the United States

#690 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1060
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

40. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#640 in the United States

#699 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 3,036
Male:Female: 37:63

41. Arcadia University

Glenside

For Mechanical Engineering

#660 in the United States

#720 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1204
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,692

42. Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Clarion

For Mechanical Engineering

#665 in the United States

#726 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $8,127
Enrollment: 3,070

43. Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#674 in the United States

#735 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Net Price: $25,357
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,288

44. Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre

For Mechanical Engineering

#677 in the United States

#738 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $27,918

45. Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville

For Mechanical Engineering

#704 in the United States

#766 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1155
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $5,902

46. Wilson College

Chambersburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#711 in the United States

#773 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1045
Net Price: $23,923
Receiving Aid: 99%

47. University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville

For Mechanical Engineering

#742 in the United States

#807 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $25,825
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,715

48. Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove

For Mechanical Engineering

#761 in the United States

#826 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1184
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,605

49. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#764 in the United States

#829 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1050
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 95%

50. Saint Francis University

Loretto

For Mechanical Engineering

#771 in the United States

#836 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $27,459

51. Grove City College

Grove City

For Mechanical Engineering

#775 in the United States

#841 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $23,538

52. Chatham University

Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#789 in the United States

#855 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $28,322

53. Marywood University

Scranton

For Mechanical Engineering

#798 in the United States

#864 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,504

54. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton

For Mechanical Engineering

#799 in the United States

#865 in North America

Enrollment: 708
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 2008

55. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro

For Mechanical Engineering

#817 in the United States

#884 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $5,524
Enrollment: 4,319

56. Moore College of Art and Design

Philadelphia

For Mechanical Engineering

#835 in the United States

#902 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1200
Net Price: $38,204
Receiving Aid: 100%

57. Muhlenberg College

Allentown

For Mechanical Engineering

#849 in the United States

#916 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $32,926

58. Lincoln University

Lincoln University

For Mechanical Engineering

#865 in the United States

#932 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 940
Average ACT: 18
Receiving Aid: 99%

59. Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown

For Mechanical Engineering

#897 in the United States

#964 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,723

60. Ursinus College

Collegeville

For Mechanical Engineering

#901 in the United States

#968 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $33,546

61. Lycoming College

Williamsport

For Mechanical Engineering

#904 in the United States

#971 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1146
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $19,697

62. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#905 in the United States

#972 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $10,022
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $23,589

63. Juniata College

Huntingdon

For Mechanical Engineering

#911 in the United States

#980 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $29,926

64. Messiah College

Mechanicsburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#933 in the United States

#1002 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $24,120

65. Westminster College

New Wilmington

For Mechanical Engineering

#947 in the United States

#1016 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $22,645
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $30,252

66. Moravian College

Bethlehem

For Mechanical Engineering

#948 in the United States

#1017 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1157
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $31,168

67. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie

For Mechanical Engineering

#949 in the United States

#1018 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 4,307
Male:Female: 43:57

Closest to Pennsylvania states to learn Mechanical Engineering

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Maryland	21	12
District of Columbia	8	108
New Jersey	19	23
New York	96	9
West Virginia	6	110
Connecticut	18	27
Virginia	28	29
Ohio	39	13
Massachusetts	48	1
Rhode Island	7	64
Vermont	3	149
New Hampshire	8	114
North Carolina	24	38
Indiana	21	19
Kentucky	13	58
Michigan	23	5
South Carolina	14	71
Maine	6	186
Tennessee	24	51
Illinois	40	6
Georgia	23	7
Wisconsin	21	10
Alabama	15	92
Iowa	10	31
Missouri	20	52
Mississippi	6	124
Minnesota	20	15
Arkansas	10	137
Florida	32	26
Louisiana	16	63
Kansas	8	109
South Dakota	6	293
Nebraska	7	75
Oklahoma	10	90
North Dakota	4	192
Texas	55	14
Colorado	14	45
New Mexico	5	99
Montana	3	185
Puerto Rico	5	285
Utah	7	42
Idaho	4	167
Arizona	5	41
Washington	18	8
Oregon	14	82
California	80	2
Alaska	3	217
Hawaii	4	126