The average acceptance rate of Best Engineering Colleges is 18.20%, a total of 64,107 applicants applied to the schools and 13,503 accepted.
University of California-Berkeley had the most number of applicants of 124,242 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,856 among Best Engineering Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and Purdue University-Main Campus had the highest rate of 49.87%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 28,232 | 1,284 | 1,102 | 4.55% | 85.83% |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 3 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 124,242 | 13,639 | 6,272 | 10.98% | 45.99% |
| 4 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,856 | 356 | 218 | 2.57% | 61.24% |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,941 | 3,959 | 1,808 | 11.66% | 45.67% |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 59,789 | 8,413 | 3,836 | 14.07% | 45.60% |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 73,742 | 31,247 | 9,008 | 42.37% | 28.83% |
| 8 | Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | 78,745 | 39,272 | 11,467 | 49.87% | 29.20% |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 98,310 | 15,373 | 7,278 | 15.64% | 47.34% |
| 10 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | 72,885 | 19,417 | 9,210 | 26.64% | 47.43% |
| - | Average | 64,107 | 13,503 | 5,189 | 18% | 52% |