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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

4 Colleges
$66,974 Avg Salary
$24,829 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 219 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found Stevens Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken.

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The excellent programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in New Jersey. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

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#4

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Princeton.

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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
District of Columbia 55
Delaware 21

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

Majors Similar to ME

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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