The average acceptance rate of Best Undergraduate Materials Engineering Colleges is 23.44%, a total of 67,335 applicants applied to the schools and 18,222 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 Undergraduate Materials Engineering Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and Ohio State University-Main Campus had the highest rate of 60.57%.
| 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 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 124,242 | 13,639 | 6,272 | 10.98% | 45.99% |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 73,742 | 31,247 | 9,008 | 42.37% | 28.83% |
| 4 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | 49,474 | 3,806 | 2,105 | 7.69% | 55.31% |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 98,310 | 15,373 | 7,278 | 15.64% | 47.34% |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 59,789 | 8,413 | 3,836 | 14.07% | 45.60% |
| 7 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 8 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 62,993 | 5,516 | 3,525 | 8.76% | 63.91% |
| 9 | Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | 88,478 | 53,579 | 9,169 | 60.56% | 17.11% |
| 10 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,856 | 356 | 218 | 2.57% | 61.24% |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH | 72,829 | 44,116 | 9,607 | 60.57% | 21.78% |
| 12 | Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | 78,745 | 39,272 | 11,467 | 49.87% | 29.20% |
| - | Average | 67,335 | 18,222 | 5,440 | 23% | 49% |