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2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in New York

30 Colleges
$67,253 Avg Salary
$22,597 Avg Student Debt

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.

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

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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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

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.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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.

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#5

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

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.

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#6

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

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.

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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.

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#8

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

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.

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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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#10

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

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.

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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
Pennsylvania 3,224
Maryland 1,842
New Jersey 1,714
District of Columbia 311
Delaware 136

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
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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