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Princeton, NJ · Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering at Princeton

Princeton graduates about 45 mechanical engineering majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.26× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#3 of 332 for mechanical engineering →
Graduates a year454% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.26× the same major nationally
Research in the field$9Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Princeton

Class of 1952 Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers lacrosse and field hockey te
Class of 1952 StadiumPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Roberts Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers soccer teams of Princeton Universi
Roberts StadiumPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Lenz Tennis Center, home to the Princeton Tigers tennis teams of Princeton U
Lenz Tennis CenterPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New College East, Princeton University, near completion on 8 May 2022
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Where mechanical engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 27 · Dorm 11 · Athletics 7 · Library 3 · Student housing 2 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 99
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 96
  3. Georgia Institute of Technology 92
  4. Cornell University 92
  5. Rice University 92
  6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 90

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Princeton with every school we score in mechanical engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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