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September 30, 2010

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Mechanical Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Mechanical Engineering	18	52	18	57	11	60	14	32	44	92
Auburn U. Mechanical Engineering	86	115	83	121	12	61	40	100	94	119
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Mechanical Engineering	59	99	47	102	93	118	53	102	72	106
Boston U. Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering	58	99	36	86	81	110	42	98	57	100
Brigham Young U. Mechanical Engineering	61	107	34	97	83	116	114	123	103	124
Brown U. ENGINEERING: Solid Mechanics	1	3	1	1	12	71	44	97	6	31
California Institute of Technology Applied Mechanics	1	5	2	16	2	10	2	9	44	110
California Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering	8	19	10	29	4	28	16	40	18	52
Carnegie Mellon U. Mechanical Engineering	12	40	22	71	8	34	57	102	19	51
Case Western Reserve U. Mechanical Engineering	30	72	19	64	69	96	74	110	19	77
Catholic U. of America Mechanical Engineering	114	126	47	116	125	127	127	127	57	119
City U. of New York Graduate Center Mechanical Engineering	91	114	79	118	23	71	2	10	87	117
Clarkson U. Mechanical Engineering	57	105	30	100	75	102	99	121	95	121
Clemson U. Mechanical Engineering	76	107	62	110	36	86	13	32	99	122
Cleveland State U. Engineering (Other)	122	126	110	127	119	125	57	103	112	126
Colorado State U. Mechanical Engineering	119	125	122	127	84	102	119	123	27	59
Columbia U. Mechanical Engineering	14	38	5	24	87	116	67	113	18	79
Cornell U. Mechanical Engineering	11	34	5	30	58	94	44	90	12	39
Drexel U. Mechanical Engineering	29	62	35	91	11	52	36	74	20	53
Duke U. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science	14	39	12	43	14	42	30	74	10	34
Florida Atlantic U. Mechanical Engineering	127	127	103	123	122	127	81	113	114	127
Florida Atlantic U. Ocean Engineering	63	111	46	115	42	88	6	17	104	124
Florida Inter- national U. Mechanical Engineering	34	70	37	96	4	20	1	1	49	95
Florida State U. Mechanical Engineering	18	52	17	66	4	26	7	20	36	91
George Washing- ton U. Mechanical Engineering	110	124	69	112	122	126	18	41	81	113
Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering	9	28	16	58	34	71	80	112	4	23
Illinois Institute of Technology Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	95	118	64	114	99	118	50	107	94	122
Iowa State U. Mechanical Engineering	59	103	52	112	107	117	51	103	65	106
Johns Hopkins U. Mechanical Engineering	7	20	3	16	54	93	75	110	15	59
Kansas State U. Mechanical Engineering	62	105	54	116	65	99	18	45	65	101
Lehigh U. Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics	79	110	73	115	19	71	48	98	44	90
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Mechanical Engineering	28	73	20	71	59	91	15	37	84	114
Marquette U. Mechanical Engineering	122	126	122	127	10	70	43	88	107	126
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering	5	14	7	27	44	88	65	105	1	2
Michigan State U. Mechanical Engineering	38	75	47	106	11	41	20	44	27	79
Michigan Technological U. Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics	73	110	74	119	31	72	58	107	56	101
Mississippi State U. Mechanical Engineering (degree: Ph.D. in Engineering)	27	66	26	84	2	5	114	123	17	56
New Jersey Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering	76	105	80	116	30	88	33	84	66	102
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Mechanical Engineering	97	118	96	123	68	100	105	119	44	83
North Carolina State U. Mechanical Engineering	37	84	31	87	12	76	32	67	26	71
North- eastern U. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering - Industrial	68	97	64	105	56	91	6	20	28	81
North- western U. Mechanical Engineering	2	5	2	7	5	27	41	85	5	20
Ohio State U. Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	24	59	20	62	97	116	48	98	15	54
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	84	112	73	115	13	59	88	119	80	112
Old Dominion U. Mechanical Engineering	113	125	95	125	96	115	39	79	40	87
Oregon State U. Mechanical Engineering	99	121	76	120	118	126	102	119	48	100
Pennsyl- vania State U. Acoustics	45	94	39	107	53	85	54	109	35	76
Pennsyl- vania State U. Mechanical Engineering	17	47	27	80	6	32	89	116	8	32
Princeton U. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	4	11	3	16	3	17	21	45	8	44
Purdue U. Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	15	41	19	68	44	78	43	90	5	31
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mechanical Engineering	34	77	29	85	88	117	74	109	22	103
Rice U. Mechanical Engineering	16	38	24	60	21	68	5	14	20	58
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	86	113	67	111	91	106	13	29	58	90
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Applied Mechanics	36	85	17	54	109	119	43	97	9	42
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Mechanical & Energy Processes	91	117	85	123	55	104	2	10	117	127
Southern Methodist U. Mechanical Engineering	52	95	65	112	34	93	92	121	106	126
Stanford U. Mechanical Engineering	1	5	2	9	17	49	48	95	2	4
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Mechanical Engineering	35	70	41	91	41	88	48	106	27	68
Stevens Institute of Technology Ocean Engineering	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Syracuse U. Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	70	106	68	116	60	98	7	19	103	122
Texas A&M U. Mechanical Engineering	16	45	15	51	100	117	25	56	8	40
Texas Tech U. Mechanical Engineering	95	117	100	124	36	92	42	95	55	99
Tufts U. Mechanical Engineering	40	84	33	90	15	77	31	71	17	63
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Mechanical Engineering	61	101	74	118	27	87	67	113	51	98
U. of Akron Mechanical Engineering	77	112	63	114	24	66	36	91	108	126
U. of Alabama Mechanical Engineering	52	104	35	105	16	65	75	115	33	79
U. of Alabama at Huntsville Mechanical Engineering	114	125	72	118	118	121	124	126	45	81
U. of Arizona Mechanical Engineering	111	121	113	124	101	117	2	6	105	126
U. of California at Berkeley Mechanical Engineering	5	16	5	27	36	75	39	76	1	3
U. of California at Davis Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering	55	95	37	95	57	92	107	120	22	65
U. of California at Irvine Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	27	68	15	55	56	89	45	93	38	87
U. of California at Los Angeles Mechanical Engineering	19	49	16	58	100	114	48	99	9	37
U. of California at Riverside Mechanical Engineering	14	39	11	40	29	80	5	16	45	105
U. of California at San Diego Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	6	19	3	17	58	94	26	57	6	27
U. of California at Santa Barbara Mechanical Engineering	5	15	3	17	10	47	40	87	5	19
U. of Central Florida Mechanical Engineering	31	74	38	106	5	28	16	37	77	113
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	48	91	48	106	9	45	42	99	40	80
U. of Colorado at Boulder Mechanical Engineering	13	41	10	39	33	78	46	89	6	23
U. of Connec- ticut Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.	60	102	23	67	120	126	88	117	72	110
U. of Dayton Mechanical Engineering	102	121	88	120	95	118	120	124	17	70
U. of Delaware Mechanical Engineering	30	62	29	77	64	98	25	63	49	91
U. of Florida Mechanical Engineering	32	76	28	86	35	82	82	112	25	77
U. of Houston main campus Mechanical Engineering	57	95	26	72	25	95	109	122	67	104
U. of Idaho Mechanical Engineering	72	106	70	111	40	100	124	126	24	88
U. of Illinois at Chicago Mechanical Engineering	46	89	33	84	92	111	45	87	30	72
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Mechanical Engineering	6	22	5	25	14	48	40	85	8	31
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Theoretical and Applied Mechanics	6	25	4	25	13	50	69	113	38	84
U. of Iowa Mechanical Engineering	19	50	12	45	39	77	35	88	56	101
U. of Kansas Mechanical Engineering	72	110	107	126	2	17	14	36	36	100
U. of Kentucky Mechanical Engineering	40	84	37	98	13	50	47	96	30	76
U. of Louisville Mechanical Engineering	19	53	56	115	1	1	5	15	49	112
U. of Maryland at College Park Mechanical Engineering	11	31	22	67	75	100	59	104	5	24
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Mechanical Engineering	48	89	44	98	34	78	2	8	25	72
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Mechanical Engineering	45	88	38	102	78	107	68	110	93	119
U. of Memphis Mechanical Engineering	103	120	104	125	75	109	16	42	87	126
U. of Miami Mechanical Engineering	41	86	36	95	6	44	13	39	95	125
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Mechanical Engineering	4	11	3	21	35	71	29	61	3	5
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Mechanical Engineering	11	37	12	50	7	34	54	100	6	20
U. of Missouri at Columbia Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	68	111	40	105	18	73	82	115	66	105
U. of Missouri at Rolla Mechanical Engineering	63	102	73	118	39	89	43	91	90	117
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Mechanical Engineering	49	90	85	120	8	46	14	40	94	124
U. of Nevada at Reno Mechanical Engineering	70	111	35	96	38	84	21	56	101	123
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	75	112	48	103	119	126	15	36	24	73
U. of North Carolina at Charlotte Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering	43	85	46	108	36	79	19	39	32	69
U. of Notre Dame Mechanical Engineering	46	90	43	99	16	58	46	93	22	63
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Mechanical Engineering	59	101	57	113	85	103	68	109	89	119
U. of Pennsyl- vania Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics	15	41	16	54	7	37	60	108	15	46
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Mechanical Engineering	26	71	19	73	25	73	26	51	31	91
U. of Rochester Mechanical Engineering	15	43	8	33	30	82	36	88	55	93
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Mechanical Engineering	16	48	15	54	20	65	24	50	38	84
U. of South Florida Mechanical Engineering	113	124	116	127	92	119	48	91	70	109
U. of Southern California Mechanical Engineering	73	106	40	89	97	117	48	101	44	86
U. of Tennessee Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering	61	102	49	106	71	114	66	109	77	116
U. of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering	34	77	25	79	28	75	92	114	7	27
U. of Toledo Mechanical Engineering	49	91	50	105	33	84	15	41	39	96
U. of Utah Mechanical Engineering	94	118	64	116	104	117	110	121	18	62
U. of Virginia Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	31	72	31	99	3	16	78	112	20	56
U. of Washing- ton Mechanical Engineering	21	54	21	70	16	49	32	66	24	61
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Mechanical Engineering	31	76	18	70	62	98	42	87	12	41
Utah State U. Mechanical Engineering	85	118	59	121	58	102	122	126	82	113
Vanderbilt U. Mechanical Engineering	41	86	55	113	10	61	72	111	74	112
Virginia Common- wealth U. Mechanical Engineering	47	95	33	99	92	118	7	18	114	127
Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering	31	67	50	108	28	77	106	119	16	53
Washing- ton State U. Mechanical Engineering	35	70	54	103	2	22	17	40	57	100
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	49	97	33	97	95	115	20	52	37	74
Wayne State U. Mechanical Engineering	106	122	84	120	120	124	42	90	62	95
Western Michigan U. Mechanical Engineering	106	123	120	127	22	86	5	19	87	122
Yale U. Mechanical Engineering	14	41	5	27	14	70	49	103	21	66
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.