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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) | Engineering school research expenditures (2016 fiscal year) |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) | $48,140 per year (full-time) | 3,124 | 166 | $448,324,000 |
| 2 | Northwestern University (McCormick) (Evanston, IL) | $50,424 per year (full-time) | 2,088 | 166 | $114,089,862 |
| 3 | University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA) | $12,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,396 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 721 | 165 | $106,551,188 |
| 4 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) | $50,424 per year (full-time) | 3,675 | 167 | $201,159,834 |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) | $45,846 per year (full-time) | 543 | 169 | $105,985,025 |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,076 | 165 | $208,862,000 |
| 5 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) | $17,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,806 | 166 | $227,584,892 |
| 8 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) | $13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 8,850 | 164 | $223,060,000 |
| 9 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 2,069 | 165 | $118,254,750 |
| 9 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) | $24,444 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,974 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,570 | 166 | $295,646,000 |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) | $43,000 per year (full-time) | 3,737 | 166 | $195,765,115 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | $32,286 per year (full-time) | 1,674 | 165 | $103,539,325 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania State University, University Park (University Park, PA) | $21,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,029 | 163 | $100,096,457 |
| 14 | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) | $43,296 per year (full-time) | 478 | 166 | $50,054,491 |
| 14 | Purdue University, West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN) | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,744 | 164 | $259,111,348 |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI) | $11,942 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,269 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,821 | 164 | $141,939,724 |
| 17 | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) | $8,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,610 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,303 | 164 | $188,960,115 |
| 17 | University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) | $12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,067 | 163 | $69,346,000 |
| 19 | Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) | $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,376 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,849 | 164 | $128,840,826 |
| 20 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (New York, NY) | $44,592 per year (full-time) | 3,350 | 167 | $146,963,000 |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (Baltimore, MD) | $50,410 per year (full-time) | 3,692 | 166 | $121,140,156 |
| 22 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) | $49,520 per year (full-time) | 646 | 164 | $53,892,000 |
| 22 | University of California, Los Angeles (Samueli) (Los Angeles, CA) | $12,684 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,187 | 166 | $96,988,104 |
| 22 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) | $16,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,120 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,923 | 164 | $122,194,826 |
| 22 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) | $16,917 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,153 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,416 | 163 | $151,225,559 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) | $14,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,338 | 162 | $128,303,167 |
| 27 | Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) | $1,192 per credit (full-time) | 1,194 | 160 | $24,896,345 |
| 27 | Iowa State University (Ames, IA) | $9,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,337 | 167 | $94,520,571 |
| 27 | University of California, San Diego (Jacobs) (La Jolla, CA) | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,635 | 166 | $168,012,410 |
| 27 | University of Maryland, College Park (Clark) (College Park, MD) | $13,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,080 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,371 | 164 | $161,868,022 |
| 31 | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO) | $15,690 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,020 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,227 | 160 | $51,407,036 |
| 31 | Lehigh University (Rossin) (Bethlehem, PA) | $1,420 per credit (full-time) | 829 | 165 | $19,803,902 |
| 31 | University of Texas, Austin (Cockrell) (Austin, TX) | $9,850 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,362 | 165 | $204,333,510 |
| 31 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) | $15,678 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,578 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 786 | 164 | $70,905,434 |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) | $42,576 per year (full-time) | 702 | 164 | $42,145,000 |
| 35 | Rice University (Brown) (Houston, TX) | $43,220 per year (full-time) | 949 | 166 | $69,614,390 |
| 35 | University of California, Davis (Davis, CA) | $13,237 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,339 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,090 | 163 | $83,858,768 |
| 35 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA) | $13,524 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 983 | 163 | $54,525,342 |
| 39 | Arizona State University (Fulton) (Tempe, AZ) | $10,810 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,186 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,636 | 162 | $103,301,308 |
| 39 | Brown University (Providence, RI) | $50,224 per year (full-time) | 427 | 165 | $24,004,099 |
| 39 | Texas A&M University, College Station (College Station, TX) | $258 per credit (in-state, full-time); $681 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,469 | 164 | $282,798,000 |
| 39 | University of California, Irvine (Samueli) (Irvine, CA) | $15,141 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,243 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,442 | 164 | $90,005,096 |
| 43 | University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) | $13,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,762 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 841 | 163 | $47,291,000 |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) (Pittsburgh, PA) | $24,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,222 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,029 | 162 | $88,203,781 |
| 43 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) (Los Angeles, CA) | $29,520 per year (full-time) | 5,497 | 166 | $192,117,384 |
| 46 | Boston University (Boston, MA) | $49,176 per year (full-time) | 1,121 | 164 | $95,618,671 |
| 46 | Duke University (Pratt) (Durham, NC) | $52,925 per year (full-time) | 1,093 | 164 | $97,205,000 |
| 46 | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) | $706 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,386 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 735 | 162 | $44,693,240 |
| 46 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ) | $16,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,128 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,395 | 163 | $69,393,591 |
| 46 | Stony Brook University, SUNY (Stony Brook, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,503 | 165 | $32,204,297 |
| 46 | University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO) | $14,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,248 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,900 | 162 | $97,551,458 |
| 46 | University of Delaware (Newark, DE) | $1,720 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,720 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 931 | 169 | $46,436,410 |
| 46 | Washington State University (Pullman, WA) | $11,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 763 | 161 | $33,004,410 |
| 54 | Clemson University (Clemson, SC) | $10,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,532 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,415 | 158 | $36,245,649 |
| 54 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) (Hanover, NH) | $49,998 per year (full-time) | 313 | 164 | $25,488,122 |
| 54 | Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI) | $18,477 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,477 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,008 | 162 | $29,626,000 |
| 54 | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) | $1,471 per credit (full-time) | 4,259 | 162 | $71,406,287 |
| 54 | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | $11,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,081 | 162 | $50,284,260 |
| 54 | University of Illinois, Chicago (Chicago, IL) | $15,620 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,428 | 160 | $26,612,018 |
| 54 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) | $48,950 per year (full-time) | 1,256 | 165 | $24,560,000 |
| 61 | Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori) (Alfred, NY) | $22,520 per year (full-time) | 44 | - | $3,923,704 |
| 61 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tickle) (Knoxville, TN) | $12,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,252 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,118 | 160 | $70,692,000 |
| 61 | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) | $8,356 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,472 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,259 | 161 | $79,391,000 |
| 64 | University of California, Riverside (Bourns) (Riverside, CA) | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 851 | 162 | $61,888,039 |
| 65 | Auburn University (Ginn) (Auburn, AL) | $9,072 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 | 163 | $61,678,000 |
| 65 | Missouri University of Science & Technology (Rolla, MO) | $9,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,127 | 156 | $24,974,630 |
| 65 | University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) | $7,588 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 476 | 155 | $12,182,285 |
| 65 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) | $12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,532 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 782 | 161 | $19,909,952 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | $1,854 per credit (full-time) | 514 | 163 | $66,719,000 |
| 65 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) | $25,344 per year (full-time) | 1,203 | 164 | $24,727,818 |
| 71 | Tufts University (Medford, MA) | $50,520 per year (full-time) | 688 | 162 | $26,373,465 |
| 71 | University at Buffalo, SUNY (Buffalo, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,859 | 162 | $59,036,405 |
| 71 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) | $10,470 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 373 | 160 | $21,341,616 |
| 71 | University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) | $370 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,194 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,427 | 160 | $37,258,000 |
| 71 | University of Houston (Cullen) (Houston, TX) | $442 per credit (in-state, full-time); $950 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,448 | 161 | $31,459,760 |
| 71 | University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) | $12,236 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 474 | 160 | $37,371,000 |
| RNP | Air Force Institute of Technology (Wright Patterson AFB, OH) | N/A | - | - | - |
| RNP | Binghamton University, SUNY (Watson) (Binghamton, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,185 | 160 | $11,016,238 |
| RNP | Boise State University (Boise, ID) | $6,232 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 193 | 160 | $4,253,166 |
| RNP | Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY) | $1,300 per credit (full-time) | 295 | 162 | $7,968,952 |
| RNP | Florida International University (Miami, FL) | $10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,048 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 882 | 156 | $23,841,197 |
| RNP | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) (Chicago, IL) | $1,400 per credit (full-time) | 1,885 | 160 | $18,808,627 |
| RNP | Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) | $7,953 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,251 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 212 | 158 | $15,470,512 |
| RNP | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ) | $19,008 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,092 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,450 | 159 | $56,053,060 |
| RNP | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) | $209 per credit (in-state, full-time); $825 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | 160 | $15,335,050 |
| RNP | Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) | $14,130 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,769 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,248 | 160 | $42,442,459 |
| RNP | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Rapid City, SD) | $318 per credit (in-state, full-time); $639 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 313 | 158 | $8,097,593 |
| RNP | Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) (Hoboken, NJ) | $33,328 per year (full-time) | 2,041 | 161 | $21,226,295 |
| RNP | University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) | $970 per credit (full-time) | 609 | 157 | $109,505,415 |
| RNP | University of Denver (Denver, CO) | $30,192 per year (full-time) | 192 | 157 | $2,814,107 |
| RNP | University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) | N/A | - | - | - |
| RNP | University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Francis) (Lowell, MA) | $14,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,853 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 983 | 158 | $16,921,323 |
| RNP | University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE) | $411 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,098 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 644 | 161 | $32,848,045 |
| RNP | University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV) | $371 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,289 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 294 | 162 | $11,928,122 |
| RNP | University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) | $13,840 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 266 | 160 | $7,969,700 |
| RNP | University of North Texas (Denton, TX) | $228 per credit (in-state, full-time); $636 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 575 | 159 | $3,248,470 |
| RNP | University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) | $1,538 per credit (full-time) | 590 | 165 | $89,261,534 |
| RNP | University of Texas, Arlington (Arlington, TX) | $7,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,246 | 158 | $45,265,615 |
| RNP | University of Texas, Dallas (Jonsson) (Richardson, TX) | $12,418 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,150 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,408 | 162 | $51,089,276 |
| RNP | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI) | $11,764 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 426 | 158 | $4,784,122 |
| RNP | Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) | $713 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,430 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,590 | 156 | $13,613,000 |
| RNP | West Virginia University (Statler) (Morgantown, WV) | $10,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 701 | 157 | $19,861,768 |
| RNP | Wright State University (Dayton, OH) | $13,476 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,892 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,034 | 156 | $9,964,000 |
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