Best Engineering Schools in the US 2026

Discover the Times Higher Education rankings for the best engineering schools in the US 2026.
This list highlights the top-ranked universities for engineering in the US, based on the Times Higher Education Subject Rankings: Engineering 2026. These rankings provide valuable insights into the leading institutions for engineering education and research.
A total of 144 US universities have been ranked for their excellence in teaching, research, industry collaboration and international outlook.
The rankings are based on a rigorous methodology designed by Times Higher Education’s data experts, ensuring accuracy and reliability for students, academics, and industry leaders worldwide.

January 21 2026

Top US Engineering Schools Ranked in 2026

US Engineering Rank 2026	Global Engineering Rank 2026	University	Overall	Teaching	Research Environment	Research Quality	Industry	International Outlook
1	1	Harvard University	97.1	94.6	99.7	97.4	99.2	93.1
=2	=3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	95.8	98.7	92.5	97.7	100	85.9
=2	=3	Stanford University	95.8	96.3	94.8	98.4	98.7	85.7
4	6	University of California, Berkeley	95.5	91.5	97.9	98.7	100	84.2
5	7	California Institute of Technology	95.2	96.5	99	93.7	100	76
6	9	Princeton University	94.2	94.6	92.6	98	91.5	87.3
7	15	Georgia Institute of Technology	89.9	84.1	92.7	93.8	99.6	75.8
8	17	Yale University	87.7	89.7	86.2	91.6	75.2	84.8
9	18	University of California, Los Angeles	87.6	79.2	87.2	94.8	96.5	84.2
10	20	Carnegie Mellon University	85.7	78.3	84.1	98.1	81.9	78.3
11	22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	84.5	87.2	88.2	82.8	81.3	69.6
12	26	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	83.5	79.9	87.1	85.6	96.6	61.5
13	27	Cornell University	81.7	78.7	79.2	88.9	77.8	80.9
14	28	University of Texas at Austin	81.1	75.5	80.6	92.5	89.6	52.5
15	30	Columbia University	80.9	74.2	73.7	88.9	96.5	88
16	31	Purdue University West Lafayette	80.5	78.8	84.3	76.1	94.1	73.1
17	33	Northwestern University	77.5	65.7	72.7	92.9	79	81.3
18	34	University of Pennsylvania	77.3	67.2	74.5	87.3	82.8	84.2
19	43	Johns Hopkins University	73.8	68.2	72	78	84.8	73.8
20	=52	University of California, San Diego	72.7	60.9	59.4	91	100	72.2
21	55	University of California, Santa Barbara	72.1	51.4	60.9	94.2	99.9	81.7
22	56	University of Washington	71.9	58.6	66	87.1	83.1	76.9
23	=63	Duke University	69.4	59.5	55.5	82.6	100	79
24	65	Texas A&M University	69	63.5	67.3	75.7	74.9	65.8
25	66	University of Massachusetts	67.9	57.4	47.9	88.5	93.1	81.8
26	73	University of Wisconsin-Madison	65.9	60	58.5	76.2	73.6	71
27	74	Penn State (Main campus)	64.8	52.4	57	81.3	78.7	65.5
28	85	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	63.3	46.2	52.2	84.9	86.7	65.5
29	86	University of California, Davis	63.2	50.9	56.3	73.8	76.8	83.2
=30	=94	Rice University	61.8	42.5	41.5	91.5	81.2	83.1
=30	=94	University of California, Irvine	61.8	38.8	42.3	93.1	85.1	84
32	96	New York University	60.6	37.6	40.9	92.2	80.1	86
=33	101–125	Brown University	57.3–60.1	50	37.8	84.2	72.9	74.6
=33	101–125	North Carolina State University	57.3–60.1	43.6	45.4	75.1	92.2	68.6
=33	101–125	Ohio State University (Main campus)	57.3–60.1	43.1	47.2	77	99.9	68.2
=33	101–125	University of Maryland, College Park	57.3–60.1	41.2	45.1	86.1	74.3	51.1
=33	101–125	University of Minnesota	57.3–60.1	50.5	54	66	99.1	54.4
=33	101–125	University of Southern California	57.3–60.1	45.2	48.6	80.4	70.6	74.3
=39	126–150	Michigan State University	54.8–57.1	36	38.5	81.3	73.4	72.4
=39	126–150	University of Colorado Boulder	54.8–57.1	42.7	47.3	71.1	82.5	55.5
=41	151–175	Arizona State University (Tempe)	52.9–54.7	36.1	32	78.9	76.8	77.2
=41	151–175	Boston University	52.9–54.7	42.2	35.3	71.9	75	71.6
=41	151–175	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	52.9–54.7	31.9	34.7	87.7	78.6	65.6
=41	151–175	University of Notre Dame	52.9–54.7	37.3	31.3	81	91.2	68.5
=45	176–200	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	50.8–52.7	24.3	29.2	90.5	80.9	61.3
=45	176–200	University of Arizona	50.8–52.7	35.8	39.9	74.8	73.2	62.7
=45	176–200	University of California, Riverside	50.8–52.7	27.5	27.2	87.3	77.5	79.5
=45	176–200	University of Delaware	50.8–52.7	34.2	34.1	68.7	95.4	68.5
=45	176–200	University of Florida	50.8–52.7	36.4	40.5	68.2	80.7	50.1
=45	176–200	University of Houston	50.8–52.7	24.3	24.3	86.9	75.8	92.4
=45	176–200	Vanderbilt University	50.8–52.7	38.4	30.3	76.6	82.6	65.3
=45	176–200	Washington University in St Louis	50.8–52.7	37.3	33.6	72.4	67.2	77.4
=53	201–250	Colorado School of Mines	47.5–50.7	43	37	58.2	80.1	38.3
=53	201–250	Drexel University	47.5–50.7	22.8	19.4	89.5	72	73.3
=53	201–250	George Washington University	47.5–50.7	32.6	23.3	79.5	65.6	75.6
=53	201–250	Illinois Institute of Technology	47.5–50.7	24.5	27.2	83.8	68.2	76.1
=53	201–250	Northeastern University, US	47.5–50.7	28.3	25.9	85.4	66.4	81.3
=53	201–250	University at Buffalo	47.5–50.7	25.7	27.3	81.5	72.4	82.3
=53	201–250	University of California, Santa Cruz	47.5–50.7	20.7	23.8	85.5	78.4	78.5
=53	201–250	University of Illinois Chicago	47.5–50.7	26.2	30.1	80.2	72.6	64.8
=53	201–250	University of Virginia (Main campus)	47.5–50.7	33.2	32.4	70.8	76	60.8
=62	251–300	Case Western Reserve University	45.5–47.4	28	29.1	65.5	94.8	70.2
=62	251–300	Dartmouth College	45.5–47.4	36.6	25.6	68	75.2	67.5
=62	251–300	Florida State University	45.5–47.4	22.7	31.3	70	72.7	72.2
=62	251–300	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	45.5–47.4	23.7	27.5	74.1	77.5	62.3
=62	251–300	SUNY Binghamton University	45.5–47.4	27.5	27.8	70.1	81.7	56.1
=62	251–300	Stony Brook University	45.5–47.4	25.5	25.9	74.5	68.9	80.3
=62	251–300	University of Central Florida	45.5–47.4	31.7	32.6	64.1	91.1	40.8
=62	251–300	University of Kentucky	45.5–47.4	23.9	24.4	77	77.5	57.7
=62	251–300	University of South Florida	45.5–47.4	23	29.3	69	87.7	86.2
=62	251–300	University of Texas at Arlington	45.5–47.4	21.6	21.7	78.9	76.4	71.4
=62	251–300	University of Texas at Dallas	45.5–47.4	24.7	19.6	87.9	75.6	61.6
=73	301–400	Auburn University	41.5–45.4	23.4	22.8	75	71	56.8
=73	301–400	Florida International University	41.5–45.4	21.8	24.3	76.2	63.9	59.7
=73	301–400	George Mason University	41.5–45.4	18.1	21.5	82.3	60.3	65
=73	301–400	Indiana University	41.5–45.4	18.4	21.7	66.4	97.2	77
=73	301–400	Iowa State University	41.5–45.4	31.3	27.2	66.3	84.7	45.7
=73	301–400	Missouri University of Science and Technology	41.5–45.4	19.4	24.5	67.6	84.2	66.4
=73	301–400	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	41.5–45.4	31.1	25.7	54.4	79.7	67.9
=73	301–400	Stevens Institute of Technology	41.5–45.4	20.4	19.4	77.5	60.1	70.3
=73	301–400	Temple University	41.5–45.4	19.6	15.6	87.1	65.7	55
=73	301–400	The University of Texas at San Antonio	41.5–45.4	18.9	21.2	82.4	62.3	45.8
=73	301–400	The University of Tulsa	41.5–45.4	23.9	15.3	81.1	57	79.5
=73	301–400	University of Connecticut	41.5–45.4	27	22.8	64.5	72.3	73.8
=73	301–400	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	41.5–45.4	22.4	21.5	75.9	71	70.8
=73	301–400	University of Oregon	41.5–45.4	27.9	21.8	66.5	84.7	73.1
=73	301–400	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus	41.5–45.4	30.9	28.2	69	70.6	52.1
=73	301–400	University of Rochester	41.5–45.4	33.4	26.9	52.5	80.8	80.8
=73	301–400	University of South Carolina-Columbia	41.5–45.4	24.2	18.7	73.2	70.1	65.4
=73	301–400	University of Utah	41.5–45.4	28.4	31.2	61.9	75.5	45.7
=73	301–400	Washington State University	41.5–45.4	24.9	26.4	68.3	76.7	72.2
=92	401–500	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	39.1–41.4	21.4	24.7	66.6	56.6	52.1
=92	401–500	Lehigh University	39.1–41.4	29.7	20.1	51.8	69.3	75.9
=92	401–500	Mississippi State University	39.1–41.4	19.6	18.7	75.4	54.7	59.9
=92	401–500	New Jersey Institute of Technology	39.1–41.4	18.1	17.6	71	62.3	86.9
=92	401–500	Oklahoma State University	39.1–41.4	20.8	16.9	68.5	61	68.6
=92	401–500	Syracuse University	39.1–41.4	25.4	15.1	63.3	65.3	77.5
=92	401–500	The University of Alabama	39.1–41.4	20.6	22.8	68.3	60.1	50.2
=92	401–500	Tufts University	39.1–41.4	24.5	20.2	65.9	69.8	61.8
=92	401–500	University of Arkansas	39.1–41.4	20.7	24.7	62.1	73	46.2
=92	401–500	University of California, Merced	39.1–41.4	19.9	18.9	75	49.1	53.7
=92	401–500	University of Georgia (USA)	39.1–41.4	20	23.7	68.5	64.7	58.5
=92	401–500	University of Iowa	39.1–41.4	23.9	24.1	51.9	88.2	60.2
=92	401–500	University of Miami	39.1–41.4	23.9	18.5	65.4	62.3	77.3
=92	401–500	University of Toledo	39.1–41.4	15.7	16.4	72.2	66.7	68.5
=106	501–600	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	36.5–39.0	21.9	24.5	53.9	82.7	56.6
=106	501–600	Louisiana State University	36.5–39.0	20.8	19.2	61.6	67	48.1
=106	501–600	Mizzou - University of Missouri	36.5–39.0	21.9	20.4	60.2	66.1	68.4
=106	501–600	Texas Tech University	36.5–39.0	22.3	21	58.7	61	72.8
=106	501–600	University of Hawai’i at Mānoa	36.5–39.0	16.2	17.9	63.4	65.1	76
=106	501–600	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	36.5–39.0	19.7	13.3	65.4	71.4	64
=106	501–600	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	36.5–39.0	18.3	19.7	68.8	59.7	46.6
=106	501–600	Virginia Commonwealth University	36.5–39.0	23.2	22.6	49.5	97.3	39.1
=106	501–600	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	36.5–39.0	20.2	16.3	62.9	67.8	54.6
=115	601–800	Florida Atlantic University	31.6–36.3	17	14	60.3	56.7	70.2
=115	601–800	Kansas State University	31.6–36.3	21.8	15.7	56.6	62.2	54.4
=115	601–800	Northern Illinois University	31.6–36.3	10.8	11.6	68.6	56.6	76.2
=115	601–800	Rochester Institute of Technology	31.6–36.3	16.8	17.2	57.9	57.7	36.4
=115	601–800	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	31.6–36.3	17.5	14.2	63.2	59.8	53.6
=115	601–800	Texas State University	31.6–36.3	14.5	14.8	56	45.6	68.6
=115	601–800	University of Alaska Fairbanks	31.6–36.3	17.7	20.3	41.6	60.1	76.3
=115	601–800	University of Kansas	31.6–36.3	21.5	19.7	48	79.5	59.7
=115	601–800	University of Memphis	31.6–36.3	19.1	14.7	53	51.4	57.5
=115	601–800	University of Rhode Island	31.6–36.3	21.3	16.8	54.8	59.1	58.1
=115	601–800	University of Texas at El Paso	31.6–36.3	20.4	26.4	47.4	54.7	55.4
=115	601–800	University of Wyoming	31.6–36.3	22	11.9	59.4	57.6	42
=115	601–800	Wake Forest University	31.6–36.3	25.1	10.4	51.8	72.8	45.2
=115	601–800	Wayne State University	31.6–36.3	24	14.3	49.8	76.5	56.3
=129	801–1000	Baylor University	27.1–31.5	19.5	15.4	44.5	57.7	48
=129	801–1000	Clarkson University	27.1–31.5	19.4	13.9	39	68.9	54.6
=129	801–1000	Florida Institute of Technology	27.1–31.5	15.5	11.4	45.7	41.4	60.8
=129	801–1000	New Mexico State University (Main campus)	27.1–31.5	18.2	19.2	42.4	56.8	47.8
=129	801–1000	Oakland University	27.1–31.5	15.8	13.6	40	58	54.9
=129	801–1000	Ohio University (Main campus)	27.1–31.5	16.5	15.9	39.6	69.6	46.4
=129	801–1000	Old Dominion University	27.1–31.5	20.6	13.2	49.4	46	42.7
=129	801–1000	Portland State University	27.1–31.5	18.4	16.5	43	54.8	60.3
=129	801–1000	San Diego State University	27.1–31.5	14.3	9.3	57.1	57.5	41.6
=129	801–1000	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	27.1–31.5	13	20.6	41.3	65.1	48.3
=129	801–1000	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	27.1–31.5	17.7	17.7	39.5	52.2	44.9
=140	1001–1250	Georgia Southern University	21.4–27.0	7.5	11.6	53.2	37.9	42.3
=140	1001–1250	Montana State University	21.4–27.0	14.1	14.8	25.6	56	36
=140	1001–1250	Rowan University	21.4–27.0	16.3	14.3	38.2	38.7	58.2
=140	1001–1250	South Dakota Mines	21.4–27.0	14.4	11.8	33	53.8	42.1
144	1251+	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	9.6–21.3	11	8.9	33.9	25.1	48.5

Key insights into the best engineering schools in the US 2026

Harvard University retains the number one position, excelling in teaching and industry collaboration.
University of California, Berkeley ranks highest for teaching quality, reinforcing its reputation as a world-class engineering institution.
MIT achieves a perfect score for its links to industry strengthen its research environment, remaining among the top five.
A total of 144 US universities are ranked, demonstrating the country’s dominant presence in global engineering education.

Choosing the right university for engineering in the US

Through the US college system, undergraduate students can study a number of different subjects before deciding on a major.

For prospective engineering students, however, it’s worth having an idea of which field of engineering you’d like to specialise in for your major when you apply. This is because you’ll often need to have completed a specific set of foundational classes in mathematics, physics and materials science in order to pursue your chosen engineering specialism.

There are many different branches of engineering in which students can specialise, including civil engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering and more. Many students will choose to stay for a postgraduate course in order to further develop their specialty before entering the world of work.

Choosing the best engineering school is a crucial step for prospective students. The Times Higher Education Engineering Rankings help identify universities with strong reputations in teaching, research and industry collaboration.

The table for the best universities for engineering in the US was derived from data collected for the THE World University Subject Rankings: Engineering The results are calculated using 18 performance indicators underlying five metrics: research environment, teaching (the learning environment), research quality, industry and international outlook. For more insights and a detailed breakdown of our ranking methodology, visit our methodology page. Use the ranking table above to explore the right institution for you.

Best Engineering Schools in the US 2026

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Top US Engineering Schools Ranked in 2026

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