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) |
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| 1 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Y | 7.2% | 2070 - 2350 | 690 - 780 | 690 - 790 | 2 | EA | View Chances |
| 2 |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, New York |
7.4% | 1790 - 2180 | 590 - 710 | 600 - 770 | Recommended | ED | View Chances | |
| 3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, California |
Y | 8.0% | 2010 - 2300 | 660 - 760 | 680 - 780 | Recommended | EA | View Chances |
| 4 |
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut |
Y | 8.6% | 2100 - 2370 | 700 - 800 | 700 - 780 | 2 | EA | View Chances |
| 5 |
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland |
9.5% | 1755 - 2100 | 570 - 700 | 600 - 700 | EA | View Chances | ||
| 6 |
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey |
Y | 10.1% | 2090 - 2360 | 690 - 790 | 700 - 790 | 2 | EA | View Chances |
| 7 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Y | 10.7% | 2030 - 2320 | 650 - 760 | 720 - 800 | 2 | EA | View Chances |
| 8 |
Columbia University
New York, New York |
Y | 11.0% | 2050 - 2320 | 680 - 770 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 9 |
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island |
Y | 11.2% | 1990 - 2300 | 650 - 760 | 670 - 770 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 10 |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire |
Y | 13.5% | 2000 - 2320 | 660 - 770 | 670 - 780 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 11 |
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York |
14.1% | 1680 - 1970 | 560 - 660 | 580 - 670 | EA | View Chances | ||
| 12 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California |
Y | 15.3% | 2140 - 2340 | 690 - 770 | 770 - 800 | 2 | EA | View Chances |
| 13 |
United States Air Force Academy
USAFA, Colorado |
16.8% | 1730 - 1995 | 580 - 665 | 600 - 690 | View Chances | |||
| 14 |
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
17.4% | 2010 - 2290 | 670 - 760 | 670 - 770 | 2 | ED | View Chances | |
| 15 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Y | 17.7% | 2020 - 2290 | 660 - 750 | 690 - 780 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 16 |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Massachusetts |
17.8% | 2100 - 2310 | 690 - 760 | 730 - 780 | 2 | View Chances | ||
| 17 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York |
Y | 19.1% | 1935 - 2250 | 630 - 730 | 660 - 770 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 18 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee |
Y | 20.1% | 2010 - 2270 | 660 - 750 | 690 - 770 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 19 |
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California |
Y | 21.5% | 1800 - 2170 | 580 - 700 | 620 - 760 | 2 | View Chances | |
| 20 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri |
Y | 22.2% | 2085 - 2295 | 680 - 750 | 710 - 780 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 21 |
Rice University
Houston, Texas |
Y | 22.3% | 1970 - 2270 | 640 - 750 | 680 - 780 | 2 | EA,ED | View Chances |
| 22 |
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina |
Y | 22.4% | 2000 - 2300 | 660 - 760 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 23 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California |
Y | 22.8% | 1730 - 2100 | 560 - 680 | 590 - 720 | 2 | View Chances | |
| 24 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California |
Y | 24.4% | 1910 - 2180 | 620 - 710 | 650 - 740 | Recommended | View Chances | |
| 25 |
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, Connecticut |
24.6% | 1740 - 2010 | 560 - 660 | 600 - 680 | EA | View Chances | ||
| 26 |
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois |
Y | 26.2% | 2030 - 2280 | 670 - 750 | 690 - 780 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 27 |
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts |
Y | 26.6% | 2040 - 2300 | 680 - 750 | 680 - 790 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 28 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland |
Y | 27.8% | 1940 - 2230 | 630 - 730 | 670 - 770 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 29 |
Union College
Barbourville, Kentucky |
27.9% | 1279.5 - 1444.5 | 415 - 455 | 438 - 508 | ED | View Chances | ||
| 30 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana |
Y | 28.6% | 1995 - 2265 | 650 - 750 | 680 - 760 | EA | View Chances | |
| 31 |
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
29.9% | 1845 - 2100 | 600 - 680 | 630 - 720 | ED | View Chances | ||
| 32 |
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California |
32.1% | 2083 - 2330 | 680 - 770 | 740 - 790 | 2 | ED | View Chances | |
| 33 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia |
Y | 32.1% | 1840 - 2150 | 600 - 710 | 630 - 730 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 34 |
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Y | 32.8% | 1815 - 2085 | 580 - 670 | 630 - 720 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 35 |
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California |
33.3% | 1650 - 1965 | 530 - 630 | 570 - 680 | ED | View Chances | ||
| 36 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Y | 36.3% | 1910 - 2220 | 620 - 720 | 670 - 780 | 2 | ED | View Chances |
| 37 |
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia |
Y | 37.4% | 1790 - 2070 | 590 - 680 | 600 - 690 | ED | View Chances | |
| 38 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York |
Y | 38.7% | 1820 - 2100 | 590 - 690 | 640 - 720 | ED | View Chances | |
| 39 |
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, California |
Y | 39.9% | 1700 - 2040 | 540 - 660 | 600 - 710 | 2 | View Chances | |
| 40 |
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York |
Y | 39.9% | 1620 - 1910 | 520 - 620 | 580 - 670 | View Chances | ||
| 41 |
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts |
Y | 41.0% | 1780 - 2040 | 580 - 670 | 620 - 700 | View Chances | ||
| 42 |
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, Maryland |
Y | 41.9% | 1800 - 2085 | 580 - 680 | 620 - 710 | EA | View Chances | |
| 43 |
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, California |
42.0% | 1350 - 1695 | 440 - 550 | 460 - 580 | View Chances | |||
| 44 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York |
Y | 42.2% | 1850 - 2130 | 610 - 700 | 660 - 750 | Recommended | ED | View Chances |
| 45 |
Lafayette College
Easton, Pennsylvania |
42.4% | 1750 - 2060 | 570 - 670 | 600 - 710 | Recommended | ED | View Chances | |
| 46 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida |
Y | 42.7% | 1710 - 2040 | 560 - 670 | 580 - 690 | ED | View Chances | |
| 47 |
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas |
Y | 45.3% | 1630 - 2010 | 530 - 660 | 570 - 690 | View Chances | ||
| 48 |
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania |
46.4% | 1800 - 2085 | 580 - 680 | 620 - 710 | EA | View Chances | ||
| 49 |
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, California |
Y | 48.7% | 1590 - 1900 | 510 - 610 | 560 - 670 | 2 | View Chances | |
| 50 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey |
Y | 49.2% | 1530 - 1845 | 480 - 580 | 540 - 650 | EA | View Chances |