Best Undergraduate Engineering Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Best Undergraduate Engineering Colleges is 29.02%, a total of 60,614 applicants applied to the schools and 16,882 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 3.00% and Arizona State University Campus Immersion had the highest rate of 90.00%.

Table. Best Undergraduate Engineering Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA26,9041,3451,1575.00%86.02%
2Stanford UniversityStanford, CA53,7332,1491,7414.00%81.01%
3Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA52,3778,3803,68716.00%44.00%
4University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA125,91015,1096,79912.00%45.00%
5California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA13,1073932553.00%64.89%
6University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL67,39829,6558,30344.00%28.00%
7University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI87,63215,7747,41418.00%47.00%
8Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,7073,7081,63211.00%44.01%
9Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN73,08336,5429,50150.00%26.00%
10Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY65,6355,2513,4668.00%66.01%
11The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX66,10919,1729,39429.00%49.00%
12Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ39,6441,5861,2214.00%76.99%
13Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD38,9263,1141,4958.00%48.01%
14Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL51,7693,6242,0667.00%57.01%
15Texas A & M University-College StationCollege Station, TX50,83232,02413,77063.00%43.00%
16Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA47,20826,9097,26557.00%27.00%
17University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA145,90313,1316,8289.00%52.00%
18University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI63,50527,3077,91943.00%29.00%
19Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,4524.00%62.99%
20Duke UniversityDurham, NC46,3653,2461,7857.00%54.99%
21Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA85,95646,4168,81954.00%19.00%
22University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA130,77132,6937,19225.00%22.00%
23University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD59,37726,7206,14645.00%23.00%
24University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA59,4653,5682,4626.00%69.00%
25Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH70,02835,7148,21451.00%23.00%
26Rice UniversityHouston, TX31,0592,4851,1438.00%46.00%
27University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN39,86330,6956,75377.00%22.00%
28University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA80,8088,0813,63610.00%44.99%
29University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA62,42826,8446,97943.00%26.00%
30Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA56,9371,7081,4353.00%84.02%
31North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC40,04916,0205,76740.00%36.00%
32University of California-DavisDavis, CA94,63739,7486,75742.00%17.00%
33University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO56,06946,5377,44683.00%16.00%
34Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ68,84061,95614,25090.00%23.00%
35Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY16,2839,4441,51158.00%16.00%
36University of FloridaGainesville, FL65,37515,6906,74724.00%43.00%
37Brown UniversityProvidence, RI51,3162,5661,6175.00%63.02%
38Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH39,03311,3201,58529.00%14.00%
39Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO9,8215,8931,47360.00%25.00%
40Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA96,6315,7982,8996.00%50.00%
41University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA121,10131,4866,92726.00%22.00%
42University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA110,87131,0444,96728.00%16.00%
43University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA56,5289,6104,03617.00%42.00%
44Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN45,3132,7191,5506.00%57.01%
45Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT51,8032,5901,8135.00%70.00%
46Boston UniversityBoston, MA80,4958,8543,18711.00%36.00%
47Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI58,87949,4589,39784.00%19.00%
48University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN28,3533,4022,00712.00%58.99%
49Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO32,2403,8691,81812.00%46.99%
50Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA22,99520,4665,93589.00%29.00%
-Average60,61416,8824,83229%42%