2025 Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #10 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for general mechanical engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 126 bachelor's degrees in general mechanical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general mechanical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general mechanical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Mechanical Engineering Schools

The general mechanical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Mechanical Engineering in Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in General Mechanical Engineering

1

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

99 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering needs to look into University of Rhode Island. URI is a large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from University of Rhode Island

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

27 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Roger Williams University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bristol.More information about a bachelor’s in general mechanical engineering from Roger Williams University

Best General Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	1,486
Connecticut	341	430
Vermont	289	110
Maine	281	98
New Hampshire	276	115

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Mechanical Engineering

One of 0 majors within the Mechanical Engineering area of study, General Mechanical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.