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Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 55 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #63 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 8 students majoring in ME at GWU, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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#2

Howard University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Howard University is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Of the 2 students majoring in ME at Howard, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Howard University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Catholic University of America

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 785
Pennsylvania 500
Maryland 213
New Jersey 219
Delaware 21

One of 39 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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