2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York
Finding the Best Engineering School for You
Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in New York. With 5,231 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Engineering Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in New York 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 New York
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in New York for engineering students. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 30 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the # 4 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.
The excellent programs at Binghamton University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in New York. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.
Stony Brook University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.
Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Syracuse University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.
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Clarkson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Potsdam.
Best Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Most Popular Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 3,224 |
Maryland | 1,842 |
New Jersey | 1,714 |
District of Columbia | 311 |
Delaware | 136 |
Majors Related to Engineering
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.
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