2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Finding the Best Engineering School for You
With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 65 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Engineering Schools
Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
The excellent programs at Stevens Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University at Buffalo ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
New Jersey Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Engineering students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ |
12 | Binghamton University | Vestal, NY |
13 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY |
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 5,231 |
Pennsylvania | 3,224 |
Maryland | 1,842 |
New Jersey | 1,714 |
District of Columbia | 311 |
Delaware | 136 |
Engineering Related Majors
Engineering Majors to Study
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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