The Best Undergrad Engineering Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The world famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (commonly known as MIT) in Cambridge exists--according to its official website--"to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century--whether the focus is cancer, energy, economics or literature." The institute's School of Engineering offers flexible undergraduate degree programs in Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and more. U.S. News and World Report ranks MIT the number one undergraduate engineering college in the country while PayScale deems it the engineering college with the highest salary potential (both rankings as of 2010). Prospective students can apply online.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-258-9344
  mit.edu

Stanford University

• Located in Stanford, California, Stanford University's Department of Engineering "(seeks) solutions to important global problems," educating "leaders who will turn great ideas into real changes that will make the world a better place," according to the school's official website. The department does so via research-based education that incorporates academia, industry and society. Engineering departments at Stanford include Aeronautics and Astronautics, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. These departments and other degree programs offer undergraduate degrees. Stanford ranks second on U.S. News and World Reports list of the best undergraduate engineering colleges and third on PayScale's Best Engineering Colleges by Salary Potential list. Applicants begin by downloading application instructions from Stanford's website.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2300
  stanford.edu

University of California Berkeley

• The University of California Berkeley's website touts its past engineering graduates who have gone on to realize such structures as the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge. The school's engineering departments--which offer a variety of undergraduate programs--include Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering. UC Berkeley ranks 10th on PayScale's engineering colleges with the best salary potential list, while it comes in third on U.S. News and World Report's best undergraduate engineering programs ranking. Interested students can visit Berkeley's undergraduate admissions website.

  University of California Berkeley
  110 Sproul Hall
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-6000
  berkeley.edu