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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia

4 Colleges
$66,717 Avg Salary
$26,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the ME programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in District of Columbia.

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

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Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in District of Columbia list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of the District of Columbia Report

#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools 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 4 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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