Undergraduate engineering programs: Data below are the admission rates and SAT averages for the overall school and not the engineering program. SAT averages for the Math section are typically higher for most engineering programs than they are for the overall school and lower for the Critical Reading and Writing sections.
| Name | Has PhD Programs | Admissions Rate |
SAT Total
25-75th percentile |
SAT Critical Reading
25-75th percentile |
SAT Math
25-75th percentile |
SAT Subject Tests Required |
Early Decision (ED) Early Action(EA) |
My Chances | |
| 1 |
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT |
8.1% | 1755 - 2010 | 560 - 660 | 610 - 680 | EA | |||
| 2 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
Y | 8.8% | 2100 - 2380 | 700 - 800 | 700 - 790 | 3 | My Chances(63) | |
| 3 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
Y | 8.9% | 2080 - 2370 | 700 - 790 | 690 - 790 | 2 | EA | My Chances(36) |
| 4 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
Y | 9.7% | 2080 - 2360 | 690 - 790 | 700 - 790 | 3 | My Chances(23) | |
| 5 |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA |
10.2% | 2100 - 2340 | 690 - 780 | 740 - 800 | 2 | |||
| 6 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
Y | 10.3% | 2000 - 2310 | 660 - 760 | 680 - 790 | Recommended | EA | My Chances(45) |
| 7 |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY |
10.7% | 1875 - 2205 | 610 - 700 | 640 - 770 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(1) | |
| 8 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
Y | 11.6% | 1990 - 2290 | 660 - 760 | 670 - 780 | 2 | ED | My Chances(16) |
| 9 |
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD |
11.8% | 1740 - 2025 | 560 - 660 | 600 - 690 | EA | |||
| 10 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
Y | 12.5% | 2040 - 2310 | 660 - 760 | 720 - 800 | 2 | EA | My Chances(19) |
| 11 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
Y | 14.0% | 1990 - 2290 | 660 - 760 | 670 - 770 | 2 | ED | My Chances(27) |
| 12 |
United States Air Force Academy
USAFA, CO |
14.0% | 1770 - 1969 | 590 - 629 | 630 - 690 | ||||
| 13 |
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY |
15.0% | 1650 - 2040 | 570 - 680 | 530 - 680 | EA | My Chances(2) | ||
| 14 |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
Y | 15.7% | 2020 - 2320 | 670 - 770 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED | My Chances(12) |
| 15 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
Y | 16.0% | 1990 - 2270 | 650 - 750 | 680 - 770 | 2 | ED | My Chances(29) |
| 16 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
Y | 16.9% | 2150 - 2350 | 700 - 780 | 770 - 800 | 2 | EA | My Chances(2) |
| 17 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
Y | 17.3% | 2055 - 2295 | 680 - 750 | 690 - 780 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(4) |
| 18 |
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA |
17.7% | 2040 - 2300 | 680 - 780 | 680 - 760 | 2 | ED | My Chances(8) | |
| 19 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
Y | 21.4% | 1920 - 2220 | 630 - 730 | 660 - 770 | 2 | ED | My Chances(28) |
| 20 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
Y | 22.7% | 1990 - 2290 | 650 - 760 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED | My Chances(10) |
| 21 |
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
Y | 23.8% | 1790 - 2160 | 580 - 710 | 620 - 740 | 2 | My Chances(23) | |
| 22 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
Y | 24.5% | 1930 - 2230 | 640 - 750 | 660 - 760 | EA | My Chances(7) | |
| 23 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
Y | 25.0% | 1910 - 2180 | 620 - 720 | 650 - 740 | Recommended | My Chances(9) | |
| 24 |
Rice University
Houston, TX |
Y | 25.1% | 1950 - 2260 | 640 - 730 | 670 - 780 | 2 | EA,ED | My Chances(5) |
| 25 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
Y | 25.7% | 1910 - 2220 | 630 - 730 | 650 - 760 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(12) |
| 26 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
Y | 25.8% | 1760 - 2090 | 570 - 680 | 610 - 720 | 2 | My Chances(9) | |
| 27 |
Tufts University
Medford, MA |
Y | 27.5% | 2010 - 2230 | 670 - 750 | 670 - 740 | 2 | ED | My Chances(4) |
| 28 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
Y | 28.0% | 1900 - 2190 | 610 - 710 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED | My Chances(8) |
| 29 |
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA |
28.1% | 2110 - 2320 | 690 - 760 | 740 - 800 | 2 | ED | My Chances(1) | |
| 30 |
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
Y | 29.6% | 1980 - 2250 | 650 - 740 | 670 - 760 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(10) |
| 31 |
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA |
29.9% | 1830 - 2090 | 600 - 690 | 630 - 710 | ED | My Chances(3) | ||
| 32 |
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA |
Y | 31.9% | 1920 - 2025 | 600 - 640 | 680 - 710 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(3) |
| 33 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
Y | 32.8% | 1940 - 2210 | 640 - 740 | 660 - 740 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(2) |
| 34 |
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA |
33.4% | 1620 - 1950 | 530 - 650 | 550 - 650 | ||||
| 35 |
Lafayette College
Easton, PA |
34.9% | 1750 - 2070 | 570 - 680 | 610 - 710 | Recommended | ED | ||
| 36 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA |
Y | 35.2% | 1800 - 2120 | 590 - 700 | 610 - 720 | 2 | ED | My Chances(12) |
| 37 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
Y | 37.8% | 1770 - 2060 | 590 - 690 | 600 - 690 | ED | My Chances(3) | |
| 38 |
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
Y | 39.4% | 1755 - 2010 | 570 - 660 | 600 - 680 | My Chances(15) | ||
| 39 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
Y | 39.8% | 1845 - 2130 | 600 - 700 | 630 - 720 | ED | ||
| 40 |
Villanova University
Villanova, PA |
41.6% | 1780 - 2060 | 580 - 680 | 610 - 700 | EA | My Chances(10) | ||
| 41 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
Y | 42.1% | 1710 - 2040 | 560 - 670 | 580 - 690 | ED | My Chances(11) | |
| 42 |
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY |
Y | 43.2% | 1580 - 1890 | 520 - 620 | 560 - 660 | My Chances(3) | ||
| 43 |
Baylor University
Waco, TX |
44.0% | 1665 - 1965 | 550 - 650 | 560 - 660 | My Chances(3) | |||
| 44 |
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
Y | 45.6% | 1700 - 2030 | 540 - 660 | 600 - 700 | 2 | My Chances(9) | |
| 45 |
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA |
46.6% | 1620 - 1935 | 520 - 620 | 560 - 670 | ED | My Chances(2) | ||
| 46 |
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD |
Y | 47.0% | 1755 - 2070 | 570 - 680 | 600 - 700 | EA | My Chances(13) | |
| 47 |
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA |
48.1% | 1620 - 1910 | 530 - 630 | 550 - 650 | EA | My Chances(4) | ||
| 48 |
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX |
48.9% | 1590 - 1880 | 530 - 620 | 530 - 640 | EA | My Chances(2) | ||
| 49 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
Y | 49.4% | 1830 - 2090 | 600 - 690 | 650 - 730 | Recommended | ED | My Chances(2) |
| 50 |
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT |
Y | 49.4% | 1630 - 1930 | 530 - 630 | 560 - 660 | EA | My Chances(1) |