The average acceptance rate of Best Undergraduate Engineering Colleges is 29.00%, a total of 60,614 applicants applied to the schools and 16,840 accepted.
University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 145,903 and Colorado School of Mines had the least number of applicants of 9,821 among Best Undergraduate Engineering Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.14% and Arizona State University Campus Immersion had the highest rate of 90.19%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 26,904 | 1,274 | 1,091 | 4.74% | 85.64% |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 53,733 | 2,099 | 1,699 | 3.91% | 80.94% |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 52,377 | 8,622 | 3,763 | 16.46% | 43.64% |
| 4 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 125,910 | 14,677 | 6,641 | 11.66% | 45.25% |
| 5 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,107 | 412 | 266 | 3.14% | 64.56% |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 67,398 | 29,446 | 8,325 | 43.69% | 28.27% |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 87,632 | 15,722 | 7,466 | 17.94% | 47.49% |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,707 | 3,843 | 1,708 | 11.40% | 44.44% |
| 9 | Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | 73,083 | 36,763 | 9,381 | 50.30% | 25.52% |
| 10 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 65,635 | 5,358 | 3,537 | 8.16% | 66.01% |
| 11 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | 66,109 | 19,253 | 9,385 | 29.12% | 48.75% |
| 12 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 39,644 | 1,782 | 1,366 | 4.50% | 76.66% |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD | 38,926 | 2,943 | 1,418 | 7.56% | 48.18% |
| 14 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | 51,769 | 3,703 | 2,111 | 7.15% | 57.01% |
| 15 | Texas A & M University-College StationCollege Station, TX | 50,832 | 32,149 | 13,753 | 63.25% | 42.78% |
| 16 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA | 47,208 | 26,923 | 7,196 | 57.03% | 26.73% |
| 17 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | 145,903 | 12,736 | 6,585 | 8.73% | 51.70% |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI | 63,505 | 27,529 | 7,964 | 43.35% | 28.93% |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 57,613 | 2,439 | 1,540 | 4.23% | 63.14% |
| 20 | Duke UniversityDurham, NC | 46,365 | 3,145 | 1,742 | 6.78% | 55.39% |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | 85,956 | 46,605 | 9,040 | 54.22% | 19.40% |
| 22 | University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA | 130,771 | 32,062 | 7,005 | 24.52% | 21.85% |
| 23 | University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD | 59,377 | 26,625 | 6,197 | 44.84% | 23.28% |
| 24 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 59,465 | 3,489 | 2,416 | 5.87% | 69.25% |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH | 70,028 | 35,588 | 8,062 | 50.82% | 22.65% |
| 26 | Rice UniversityHouston, TX | 31,059 | 2,447 | 1,125 | 7.88% | 45.97% |
| 27 | University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN | 39,863 | 30,705 | 6,736 | 77.03% | 21.94% |
| 28 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA | 80,808 | 8,094 | 3,633 | 10.02% | 44.89% |
| 29 | University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA | 62,428 | 26,552 | 7,011 | 42.53% | 26.40% |
| 30 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 56,937 | 1,965 | 1,645 | 3.45% | 83.72% |
| 31 | North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC | 40,049 | 15,958 | 5,728 | 39.85% | 35.89% |
| 32 | University of California-DavisDavis, CA | 94,637 | 39,400 | 6,578 | 41.63% | 16.70% |
| 33 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO | 56,069 | 46,692 | 7,546 | 83.28% | 16.16% |
| 34 | Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ | 68,840 | 62,084 | 14,102 | 90.19% | 22.71% |
| 35 | Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY | 16,283 | 9,517 | 1,552 | 58.45% | 16.31% |
| 36 | University of FloridaGainesville, FL | 65,375 | 15,707 | 6,762 | 24.03% | 43.05% |
| 37 | Brown UniversityProvidence, RI | 51,316 | 2,686 | 1,695 | 5.23% | 63.10% |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH | 39,033 | 11,193 | 1,544 | 28.68% | 13.79% |
| 39 | Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO | 9,821 | 5,864 | 1,450 | 59.71% | 24.73% |
| 40 | Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 96,631 | 5,459 | 2,744 | 5.65% | 50.27% |
| 41 | University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA | 121,101 | 30,962 | 6,796 | 25.57% | 21.95% |
| 42 | University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | 110,871 | 30,804 | 5,043 | 27.78% | 16.37% |
| 43 | University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA | 56,528 | 9,533 | 3,966 | 16.86% | 41.60% |
| 44 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN | 45,313 | 2,844 | 1,622 | 6.28% | 57.03% |
| 45 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 51,803 | 2,332 | 1,641 | 4.50% | 70.37% |
| 46 | Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 80,495 | 8,733 | 3,145 | 10.85% | 36.01% |
| 47 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI | 58,879 | 49,414 | 9,533 | 83.92% | 19.29% |
| 48 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN | 28,353 | 3,510 | 2,075 | 12.38% | 59.12% |
| 49 | Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO | 32,240 | 3,855 | 1,828 | 11.96% | 47.42% |
| 50 | Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA | 22,995 | 20,496 | 5,859 | 89.13% | 28.59% |
| - | Average | 60,614 | 16,840 | 4,820 | 29% | 42% |