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Where engineering is the biggest part of what the school does: the share of bachelor's degrees awarded in the field.

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All divisionsDivision IDivision IIDivision III
44.5%
#1 · Georgia Institute of Technology
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Atlanta, GA
5.2%
Median
of 364 schools, Division I
8.6×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
23.7%
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Georgia Institute of TechnologyDivision I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Atlanta, GA44.5%
  2. 2U.S. Naval AcademyDivision I · Patriot League · Annapolis, MD41.7%
  3. 3U.S. Air Force AcademyDivision I · Mountain West Conference · USAF Academy, CO35.4%
  4. 4New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDivision I · America East Conference · Newark, NJ34.6%
  5. 5University of Detroit MercyDivision I · Horizon League · Detroit, MI34.0%
  6. 6Manhattan UniversityDivision I · Metro Conference · The Bronx, NY29.1%
  7. 7Purdue UniversityDivision I · Big Ten Conference · West Lafayette, IN26.6%
  8. 8U.S. Military AcademyDivision I · Patriot League · West Point, NY24.1%
  9. 9North Carolina State UniversityDivision I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Raleigh, NC24.0%
  10. 10Lafayette CollegeDivision I · Patriot League · Easton, PA23.7%
  11. 11The CitadelDivision I · Southern Conference · Charleston, SC22.8%
  12. 12Lehigh UniversityDivision I · Patriot League · Bethlehem, PA22.2%
  13. 13University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDivision I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL21.6%
  14. 14Virginia Military InstituteDivision I · Southern Conference · Lexington, VA21.5%
  15. 15California Polytechnic State UniversityDivision I · Big West Conference · San Luis Obispo, CA21.3%

Every school, Division I

0.0%44.5%
#1 · Georgia Institute of Technologyevery school

The spread across 364 schools; the median is 5.2%.

How it is measured

First majors, bachelor’s degrees; schools awarding at least 100 bachelor’s degrees. Share, not headcount: a big university can award more degrees and still rank lower.

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The full list · top 100

#SchoolShare of bachelor's degrees in engineeringIn this fieldBachelor's a yearUndergrads
1Georgia Institute of Technology
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Atlanta, GA
44.5%2,0354,57619,505
2U.S. Naval Academy
Division I · Patriot League · Annapolis, MD
41.7%4391,0544,465
3U.S. Air Force Academy
Division I · Mountain West Conference · USAF Academy, CO
35.4%3459744,124
4New Jersey Institute of Technology
Division I · America East Conference · Newark, NJ
34.6%5971,7269,523
5University of Detroit Mercy
Division I · Horizon League · Detroit, MI
34.0%2768113,352
6Manhattan University
Division I · Metro Conference · The Bronx, NY
29.1%1896502,928
7Purdue University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · West Lafayette, IN
26.6%2,4139,07839,864
8U.S. Military Academy
Division I · Patriot League · West Point, NY
24.1%2581,0724,508
9North Carolina State University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Raleigh, NC
24.0%1,5986,66027,323
10Lafayette College
Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA
23.7%1425992,764
11The Citadel
Division I · Southern Conference · Charleston, SC
22.8%1325802,661
12Lehigh University
Division I · Patriot League · Bethlehem, PA
22.2%3041,3715,811
13University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL
21.6%1,8578,58735,564
14Virginia Military Institute
Division I · Southern Conference · Lexington, VA
21.5%843901,560
15California Polytechnic State University
Division I · Big West Conference · San Luis Obispo, CA
21.3%1,0604,98521,559
16Iowa State University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Ames, IA
21.3%1,2345,79725,332
17Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Blacksburg, VA
20.4%1,5687,70230,504
18Drexel University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Philadelphia, PA
19.6%5973,04013,589
19University of Massachusetts Lowell
Division I · America East Conference · Lowell, MA
19.0%5172,72012,128
20Bucknell University
Division I · Patriot League · Lewisburg, PA
18.6%1608603,846
21Texas A&M University, College Station
Division I · Southeastern Conference · College Station, TX
17.8%2,44713,70959,933
22Northeastern University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA
17.6%8444,80815,891
23Rice University
Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX
17.4%1861,0694,574
24University of Akron
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Akron, OH
17.4%3451,98211,452
25Bradley University
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Peoria, IL
17.3%1589153,883
26University of Dayton
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Dayton, OH
17.3%3381,9578,176
27Princeton University
Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ
17.2%2281,3245,671
28University of Toledo
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Toledo, OH
17.2%4092,37411,447
29Dartmouth College
Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH
17.0%2141,2574,447
30Stanford University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA
16.7%3051,8278,054
31The University of Tulsa
Division I · American Conference · Tulsa, OK
16.4%965842,485
32Auburn University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Auburn, AL
16.3%9455,81226,874
33Oregon State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Corvallis, OR
16.3%1,0166,21530,021
34Northwestern University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL
16.1%3472,1609,157
35Clemson University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Clemson, SC
16.0%9095,66622,875
36Tennessee Technological University
Division I · Southern Conference · Cookeville, TN
15.7%2881,8348,838
37North Carolina A&T State University
Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Greensboro, NC
15.6%3492,24412,216
38Mississippi State University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Mississippi State, MS
15.5%6724,33718,230
39Valparaiso University
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Valparaiso, IN
15.5%895732,255
40Villanova University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Villanova, PA
15.1%2641,7447,063
41Santa Clara University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Santa Clara, CA
15.0%2001,3366,249
42Pennsylvania State University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · University Park, PA
14.8%1,62010,91442,223
43The Ohio State University
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH
14.8%1,72411,62045,728
44Louisiana Tech University
Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Ruston, LA
14.5%2201,52110,401
45University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Division I · Mid-American Conference · Buffalo, NY
14.5%6954,79320,463
46Montana State University-Bozeman
Division I · Big Sky Conference · Bozeman, MT
14.2%3792,66714,872
47University of Colorado Boulder
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO
14.1%9386,64932,105
48LSU New Orleans
Division I · Southland Conference · New Orleans, LA
14.0%1097805,476
49North Dakota State University
Division I · The Summit League · Fargo, ND
14.0%2802,0039,791
50University of Notre Dame
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN
14.0%3312,3578,968
51University of Michigan
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI
13.8%1,1648,44433,730
52University of Pittsburgh
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
13.4%6424,79825,171
53Marquette University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI
13.3%2091,5667,652
54Cornell University
Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY
13.2%5113,87516,051
55University of Cincinnati
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Cincinnati, OH
13.0%8166,28731,184
56University of Maine
Division I · America East Conference · Orono, ME
13.0%2281,7579,267
57Duke University
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC
12.8%2722,1286,488
58University of California, Berkeley
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA
12.8%1,1809,20733,078
59Kennesaw State University
Division I · Conference USA · Kennesaw, GA
12.5%7846,25340,509
60San Jose State University
Division I · Mountain West Conference · San Jose, CA
12.5%7886,29327,111
61Columbia University-Barnard College
Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY
12.4%3022,4339,111
62University of Florida
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL
12.3%1,1579,44334,924
63West Virginia University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Morgantown, WV
12.0%5074,23918,615
64University of Louisville
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Louisville, KY
11.9%3302,77016,194
65University of Texas at Austin
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX
11.7%1,22510,47842,444
66University of California, San Diego
Division I · Big West Conference · San Diego, CA
11.6%1,0338,92333,792
67University of Wisconsin-Madison
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI
11.6%9598,26936,797
68Kansas State University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Manhattan, KS
11.4%3733,26915,113
69New Mexico State University
Division I · Conference USA · Las Cruces, NM
11.4%2832,47312,113
70University of Maryland, College Park
Division I · Big Ten Conference · College Park, MD
11.4%9178,03630,608
71Oklahoma State University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Stillwater, OK
11.3%5624,97521,354
72University of Connecticut
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Storrs, CT
11.1%6385,73919,388
73Vanderbilt University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN
10.9%2031,8557,152
74Alabama A&M University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Normal, AL
10.8%645905,845
75Lamar University
Division I · Southland Conference · Beaumont, TX
10.8%1751,6277,998
76Wichita State University
Division I · American Conference · Wichita, KS
10.7%2362,20512,856
77University of Illinois Chicago
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Chicago, IL
10.5%5315,06922,107
78University of North Dakota
Division I · The Summit League · Grand Forks, ND
10.5%1931,83310,216
79University of Portland
Division I · West Coast Conference · Portland, OR
10.5%797553,136
80University of Washington
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA
10.4%8798,46039,515
81University of Oklahoma
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Norman, OK
10.3%4694,57422,025
82University of California, Irvine
Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA
10.2%8428,21929,503
83University of Delaware
Division I · Conference USA · Newark, DE
10.2%4274,17619,772
84University of Texas at El Paso
Division I · Mountain West Conference · El Paso, TX
10.2%4104,02220,609
85University of Alabama
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Tuscaloosa, AL
10.0%6626,60533,435
86University of Virginia
Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlottesville, VA
10.0%4364,33917,612
87University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Lincoln, NE
9.9%4004,02119,338
88University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Knoxville, TN
9.9%6016,04828,883
89Louisiana State University
Division I · Southeastern Conference · Baton Rouge, LA
9.8%5265,34932,574
90Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Division I · Big Ten Conference · New Brunswick, NJ
9.8%8258,43836,588
91University of Kansas
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lawrence, KS
9.8%3924,01120,696
92University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN
9.7%7007,21539,556
93Washington State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Pullman, WA
9.7%5415,57921,923
94Mercer University
Division I · Southern Conference · Macon, GA
9.5%1121,1734,807
95Texas Tech University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lubbock, TX
9.5%6817,13932,635
96University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Division I · The Summit League · St. Paul, MN
9.5%1351,4236,044
97Arizona State University
Division I · Big 12 Conference · Tempe, AZ
9.1%1,34014,74565,174
98University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Lafayette, LA
9.1%2072,26913,179
99University of Texas at Arlington
Division I · United Athletic Conference · Arlington, TX
9.1%6487,14831,112
100Colorado State University
Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO
9.0%4494,99225,834
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