Undergraduate Engineering Best Colleges Graduation Rate Comparison

The following table lists the best colleges in Undergraduate 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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RankCollege NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time)Retention Rate (part-time)
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
94%-99%100
2Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-98%-
44Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
Public, 4 years
four-years
92%4%98%100
59University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
94%-96%85
9California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Private, 4 years
four-years
94%3%98%-
77University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%-93%83
57University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Public, 4 years
four-years
93%-97%85
18Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%-97%-
79Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%-90%45
17Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-97%-
40The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Public, 4 years
four-years
87%-95%85
3Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-97%-
23Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Private, 4 years
four-years
94%2%97%-
11Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-98%-
75Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%9%95%92
88Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
Public, 4 years
four-years
86%-91%71
56University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
92%3%97%53
74University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Public, 4 years
four-years
89%-94%65
6Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-98%83
10Duke University
Durham, NC
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-97%-
1Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%1%91%67
174University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
87%-93%78
107University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
Public, 4 years
four-years
89%6%95%86
7University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-98%93
119Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
Public, 4 years
four-years
88%7%93%52
14Rice University
Houston, TX
Private, 4 years
four-years
93%-98%-
129University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%9%90%63
27University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Private, 4 years
four-years
92%-97%33
159University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%-94%77
4Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-98%-
71North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%9%94%78
197University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
86%-92%75
579University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Public, 4 years
four-years
74%15%88%61
829Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
Public, 4 years
four-years
66%19%85%50
143Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
83%-89%-
46University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Public, 4 years
four-years
90%6%97%96
12Brown University
Providence, RI
Private, 4 years
four-years
94%-99%-
78Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Private, 4 years
four-years
85%-93%-
151Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Public, 4 years
four-years
81%4%94%100
52Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%3%97%-
228University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
86%6%91%75
164University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
85%-92%57
43University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA
Public, 4 years
four-years
95%2%97%-
15Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Private, 4 years
four-years
92%-96%100
8Yale University
New Haven, CT
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-98%-
42Boston University
Boston, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
88%-94%-
100Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Public, 4 years
four-years
81%10%89%66
19University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-97%-
21Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Private, 4 years
four-years
93%-96%50
371Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Public, 4 years
four-years
74%18%86%64
Average89%7%95%74