| Rank | College / University (Graduate School Name) | City, State | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
Average GRE quantitative score |
| 1 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Full-time: $42,660 per year | 3,564 | 785 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Full-time: $40,460 per year | 2,818 | 783 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Full-time: $36,387 per year | 577 | 800 |
| 3 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | In-state, full-time: $11,220 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year |
1,882 | 782 |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | In-state, full-time: $21,260 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $40,006 per year |
3,233 | 778 |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | In-state, full-time: $9,986 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $26,860 per year |
4,624 | 771 |
| 7 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | In-state, full-time: $15,732 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $28,998 per year |
2,773 | 774 |
| 8 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Full-time: $38,620 per year | 564 | N/A |
| 9 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Full-time: $29,500 per year | 1,705 | 774 |
| 9 | Purdue University-West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | In-state, full-time: $9,979 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $28,147 per year |
2,965 | 763 |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | Full-time: $37,800 per year | 2,517 | 777 |
| 12 | Northwestern University (McCormick) | Evanston, IL | Full-time: $41,592 per year | 1,531 | 772 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) | Baltimore, MD | Full-time: $42,280 per year | 3,293 | 773 |
| 13 | University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell) | Austin, TX | In-state, full-time: $9,232 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $16,898 per year |
2,428 | 774 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park | University Park, PA | In-state, full-time: $18,146 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $30,768 per year |
1,953 | 763 |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-College Station (Look) | College Station, TX | In-state, full-time: $227 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $539 per credit |
2,870 | 758 |
| 15 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year |
1,945 | 772 |
| 18 | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | In-state, full-time: $11,325 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $28,050 per year |
1,748 | 764 |
| 18 | University of California-Los Angeles (Samueli) | Los Angeles, CA | In-state, full-time: $12,562 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year |
1,845 | 771 |
| 18 | University of Maryland-College Park (Clark) | College Park, MD | In-state, full-time: $9,450 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $20,358 per year |
2,259 | 767 |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | In-state, full-time: $11,376 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $25,134 per year |
1,751 | 780 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | In-state, full-time: $10,048 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $19,497 per year |
2,336 | 755 |
| 23 | University of California-San Diego (Jacobs) | La Jolla, CA | In-state, full-time: $0 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year |
1,493 | 775 |
| 24 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Full-time: $36,304 per year | 385 | 787 |
| 24 | Rice University (Brown) | Houston, TX | Full-time: $34,900 per year | 651 | 774 |
| 24 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | In-state, full-time: $13,140 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $26,010 per year |
1,787 | 760 |
| 27 | Duke University (Pratt) | Durham, NC | Full-time: $40,720 per year | 907 | 774 |
| 27 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | Full-time: $41,600 per year | 818 | 752 |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year | 753 | 775 |
| 27 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Full-time: $26,660 per year | 1,665 | 779 |
| 27 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) | Los Angeles, CA | Full-time: $27,234 per year | 4,251 | 765 |
| 32 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) | New York, NY | Full-time: $44,160 per year | 2,272 | 787 |
| 32 | University of Colorado-Boulder | Boulder, CO | In-state, full-time: $12,146 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $32,779 per year |
1,550 | 757 |
| 34 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | In-state, full-time: $569 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $1,118 per credit |
812 | 745 |
| 34 | University of California-Davis | Davis, CA | In-state, full-time: $15,271 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $30,373 per year |
1,252 | 758 |
| 34 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | In-state, full-time: $11,954 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $29,347 per year |
2,905 | 760 |
| 34 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | Full-time: $34,500 per year | 216 | 800 |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | Full-time: $35,690 per year | 606 | 743 |
| 38 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | In-state, full-time: $8,616 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $20,280 per year |
997 | 756 |
| 38 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | In-state, full-time: $7,834 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $19,882 per year |
2,899 | 755 |
| 38 | University of California-Irvine (Samueli) | Irvine, CA | In-state, full-time: $13,321 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $28,423 per year |
1,200 | 766 |
| 38 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | In-state, full-time: $12,762 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $22,086 per year |
685 | 761 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | Full-time: $1,680 per credit | 450 | 771 |
| 44 | Arizona State University (Fulton) | Tempe, AZ | In-state, full-time: $9,709 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $23,833 per year |
2,445 | 758 |
| 44 | Lehigh University (Rossin) | Bethlehem, PA | Full-time: $1,220 per credit | 727 | 766 |
| 44 | Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | In-state, full-time: $12,636 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $12,636 per year |
803 | 734 |
| 44 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick | Piscataway, NJ | In-state, full-time: $14,664 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $23,664 per year |
931 | 756 |
| 44 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | Full-time: $41,265 per year | 471 | 765 |
| 49 | Boston University | Boston, MA | Full-time: $40,848 per year | 798 | 763 |
| 49 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) | Hanover, NH | Full-time: $41,736 per year | 267 | 763 |
| 49 | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | In-state, full-time: $10,839 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $25,801 per year |
957 | 756 |
| 52 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | In-state, full-time: $8,932 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $18,538 per year |
1,246 | 740 |
| 52 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | Full-time: $27,000 per year | 1,079 | 730 |
| 52 | University of Illinois-Chicago | Chicago, IL | In-state, full-time: $12,464 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $24,462 per year |
985 | 740 |
| 52 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | In-state, full-time: $7,614 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $22,972 per year |
446 | 738 |
| 52 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst, MA | In-state, full-time: $2,640 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $9,937 per year |
825 | 754 |
| 52 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | Full-time: $40,950 per year | 701 | 772 |
| 58 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Full-time: $1,230 per credit | 1,893 | 753 |
| 58 | Stony Brook University-SUNY | Stony Brook, NY | In-state, full-time: $8,870 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,160 per year |
1,292 | 770 |
| 58 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | In-state, full-time: $10,224 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $26,532 per year |
745 | 756 |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) | Pittsburgh, PA | In-state, full-time: $21,550 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $35,290 per year |
942 | 734 |
| 62 | Auburn University (Ginn) | Auburn University, AL | In-state, full-time: $7,290 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $21,870 per year |
834 | 737 |
| 62 | Brigham Young University (Fulton) | Provo, UT | Full-time: $14,400 per year | 406 | 748 |
| 62 | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | In-state, full-time: $8,982 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $20,582 per year |
642 | 727 |
| 62 | Missouri University of Science & Technology | Rolla, MO | In-state, full-time: $5,881 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,183 per year |
1,103 | 727 |
| 62 | Tufts University | Medford, MA | Full-time: $25,410 per year | 628 | 742 |
| 62 | University at Buffalo-SUNY | Buffalo, NY | In-state, full-time: $8,870 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,660 per year |
1,238 | 758 |
| 62 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | In-state, full-time: $12,087 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $23,211 per year |
962 | 744 |
| 62 | University of Delaware | Newark, DE | In-state, full-time: $25,940 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $25,940 per year |
823 | 748 |
| 62 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | In-state, full-time: $9,494 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $26,636 per year |
916 | 759 |
| 62 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | Full-time: $21,564 per year | 992 | 757 |
| 72 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) | Chicago, IL | Full-time: $1,056 per credit | 1,523 | 739 |
| 72 | Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, LA | In-state, full-time: $5,189 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $18,272 per year |
639 | 737 |
| 72 | Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | In-state, full-time: $12,861 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $19,476 per year |
808 | 732 |
| 72 | Polytechnic Institute of New York University | Brooklyn, NY | Full-time: $1,248 per credit | 1,807 | 752 |
| 72 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | Full-time: $1,206 per credit | 920 | 758 |
| 72 | University of California-Riverside (Bourns) | Riverside, CA | In-state, full-time: $0 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year |
520 | 753 |
| 72 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Full-time: $1,284 per credit | 476 | 762 |
| 72 | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | In-state, full-time: $5,771 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,523 per year |
1,035 | 752 |
| 72 | Washington State University | Pullman, WA | In-state, full-time: $10,188 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $23,342 per year |
680 | 733 |
| 81 | George Washington University | Washington, DC | Full-time: $1,235 per credit | 1,334 | 740 |
| 81 | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS | In-state, full-time: $310 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $700 per credit |
520 | 739 |
| 81 | Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK | In-state, full-time: $169 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $667 per credit |
900 | 730 |
| 81 | Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) | Hoboken, NJ | Full-time: $1,220 per credit | 1,720 | 742 |
| 81 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) | Lubbock, TX | In-state, full-time: $246 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $559 per credit |
752 | 734 |
| 81 | University of Houston (Cullen) | Houston, TX | In-state, full-time: $382 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $695 per credit |
1,001 | 753 |
| 81 | University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | In-state, full-time: $6,300 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $14,570 per year |
585 | 732 |
| 81 | University of North Carolina-Charlotte (Lee) | Charlotte, NC | In-state, full-time: $3,689 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,226 per year |
411 | 686 |
| 81 | University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | In-state, full-time: $4,087 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $14,875 per year |
691 | 721 |
| 81 | Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | In-state, full-time: $595 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $1,215 per credit |
878 | 720 |
| 91 | Binghamton University-SUNY (Watson) | Binghamton, NY | In-state, full-time: $8,870 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $15,160 per year |
664 | 746 |
| 91 | Clarkson University | Potsdam, NY | Full-time: $1,198 per credit | 217 | 727 |
| 91 | Florida A&M University – Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | In-state, full-time: $373 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $1,005 per credit |
287 | 726 |
| 91 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | Full-time: $1,064 per credit | 922 | 702 |
| 91 | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | In-state, full-time: $8,600 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $21,900 per year |
369 | 726 |
| 91 | University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | Full-time: $758 per credit | 643 | 724 |
| 91 | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | In-state, full-time: $314 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $734 per credit |
628 | 733 |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | In-state, full-time: $9,866 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $20,326 per year |
499 | 723 |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | In-state, full-time: $380 per credit Out-of-state, full-time: $956 per credit |
659 | 723 |
| 91 | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | In-state, full-time: $6,331 per year Out-of-state, full-time: $20,419 per year |
687 | 706 |
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