The average acceptance rate of Best Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Colleges is 20.68%, a total of 63,228 applicants applied to the schools and 14,328 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 Mechanical Engineering Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and Texas A&M University-College Station had the highest rate of 57.43%.
| 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 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 59,789 | 8,413 | 3,836 | 14.07% | 45.60% |
| 3 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 124,242 | 13,639 | 6,272 | 10.98% | 45.99% |
| 4 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 73,742 | 31,247 | 9,008 | 42.37% | 28.83% |
| 6 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,856 | 356 | 218 | 2.57% | 61.24% |
| 7 | Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | 78,745 | 39,272 | 11,467 | 49.87% | 29.20% |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 98,310 | 15,373 | 7,278 | 15.64% | 47.34% |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,941 | 3,959 | 1,808 | 11.66% | 45.67% |
| 10 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 62,993 | 5,516 | 3,525 | 8.76% | 63.91% |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, TX | 54,669 | 31,397 | 12,530 | 57.43% | 39.91% |
| 12 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | 72,885 | 19,417 | 9,210 | 26.64% | 47.43% |
| - | Average | 63,228 | 14,328 | 5,662 | 21% | 52% |