Mechanical Engineering Best Colleges Admission Comparison
For the academic year 2022-2023, 703,248 students have applied to the best colleges in Mechanical Engineering and 136,507 have accepted to admit. The acceptance rate of the colleges is 17.5%Of the admitted students, 53,740 students finally enrolled in one of the best colleges in Mechanical Engineering program.
The admission statistics is based on IPEDS admission data. Below list shows the top colleges in key admission facts.
- University of California-Berkeley has the largest number of applicants of 128,209 and Purdue University-Main Campus has the most admitted students of 36,146.
- The average acceptance rate is 17.5% and California Institute of Technology has the lowest acceptance rate of 2.7%.
- The average yield (enrollment rate) is 53.2% and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest yield of 85.0%.
Mechanical Engineering Best Colleges Admission Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Mechanical Engineering programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield (Enrollment Rate) | Undergraduate Application Fees | Graduate Application Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Private, 4 years four-years | 33,767 | 1,337 | 1,136 | 4.0% | 85 | $75 | $75 |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 56,378 | 2,075 | 1,736 | 3.7% | 84 | $90 | $125 |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 16,626 | 448 | 224 | 2.7% | 50 | $75 | $100 |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 128,209 | 14,523 | 6,728 | 11.3% | 46 | $70 | $120 |
| 44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA Public, 4 years four-years | 50,610 | 8,672 | 3,647 | 17.1% | 42 | $75 | $75 |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years four-years | 63,257 | 28,354 | 7,957 | 44.8% | 28 | $50 | $70 |
| 57 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years four-years | 84,289 | 14,914 | 7,050 | 17.7% | 47 | $75 | $75 |
| 17 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 69,195 | 5,168 | 3,491 | 7.5% | 68 | $80 | $105 |
| 3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, 4 years four-years | 38,019 | 2,167 | 1,499 | 5.7% | 69 | $70 | $75 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years | 34,261 | 3,873 | 1,716 | 11.3% | 44 | $75 | $75 |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Public, 4 years four-years | 68,582 | 36,146 | 9,447 | 52.7% | 26 | $60 | $60 |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years four-years | 60,055 | 18,830 | 9,109 | 31.4% | 48 | $75 | $65 |
| Average | 703,248 | 136,507 | 53,740 | 17.5% | 53 | $73 | $85 |