The U.S. has so many strong engineering programs that my list of the top ten engineering schools barely scratches the surface. In the list below you'll find ten more universities that have top-rated engineering programs. Each has impressive facilities, professors, and name recognition. I've listed the schools alphabetically to avoid the arbitrary distinctions often used to rank equally strong programs.
Harvard University
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Enrollment (2007): 25,690 (9,859 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Private
- Distinctions: Member of the Ivy League; Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; top ten private university; highly selective admissions
Penn State University
- Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
- Enrollment (2007): 43,252 (36,815 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large Public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; selective admissions; flagship campus of Pennsylvania's university system; member of the Big Ten Athletic Conference
Princeton University
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey
- Enrollment (2007): 7,261 (4,845 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Private
- Distinctions: Member of the Ivy League; Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; top ten private university; highly selective admissions
Texas A&M at College Station
- Location: College Station, Texas
- Enrollment (2007): 46,542 (37,357 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large Public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference; Senior Military College
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Enrollment (2007): 37,476 (25,928 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large Public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; highly selective admissions; top 10 public university; member of the NCAA Division I Pacific 10 Conference
University of California at San Diego
- Location: La Jolla, California
- Enrollment (2007): 27,020 (22,048 undergraduate
- Type of University: Public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; top 10 public university
University of Maryland at College Park
- Location: College Park, Maryland
- Enrollment (2007): 36,014 (25,857 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; member of NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference
University of Texas at Austin
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Enrollment (2007): 50,170 (37,459 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; Member of the Association of American Universities; Member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference; flagship campus of the Texas university system
University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Location: Madison, Wisconsin
- Enrollment (2007): 41,563 (30,166 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Large public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; member of the Association of American Universities; member of the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference
Virginia Tech
- Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
- Enrollment (2007): 29,898 (23,041 undergraduate)
- Type of University: Public
- Distinctions: Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; member of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference; Senior Military College











