Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering

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Students in communications-related programs may specialize in areas such as telecommunications, new media, or wireless and mobile engineering. These are the top graduate schools for electrical / electronic / communications engineering.

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Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#102 Air Force Institute of Technology

Wright Patterson AFB, OH

2.2 N/A N/A

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#30 Arizona State University (Fulton)

Tempe, AZ

3.4 $10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,692
#51 Auburn University (Ginn)

Auburn University, AL

2.8 $7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 851
#113 Binghamton University​‒​SUNY (Watson)

Binghamton, NY

2.1 $9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 664
#44 Boston University

Boston, MA

2.9 $42,400 per year (full-time) 857
#113 Brigham Young University (Fulton)

Provo, UT

2.1 $17,850 per year (full-time) 375
#55 Brown University

Providence, RI

2.7 $42,808 per year (full-time) 323
#5 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.5 $38,084 per year (full-time) 587
#7 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

4.3 $38,900 per year (full-time) 2,857
#44 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.9 $37,120 per year (full-time) 633
#102 Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

2.2 $1,259 per credit (full-time) 210
#67 Clemson University

Clemson, SC

2.5 $8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,317
#67 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2.5 $10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 660
#19 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

New York, NY

3.6 $47,340 per year (full-time) 2,525
#7 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.3 $29,500 per year (full-time) 1,768
#102 CUNY​‒​City College (Grove)

New York, NY

2.2 $10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 654
#51 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

Hanover, NH

2.8 $43,782 per year (full-time) 289
#55 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

2.7 $28,215 per year (full-time) 1,128
#34 Duke University (Pratt)

Durham, NC

3.2 $42,350 per year (full-time) 944
#102 Florida A&M University - Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2.2 $428 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,059 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 268
#122 George Mason University (Volgenau)

Fairfax, VA

2.0 $11,480 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,597
#102 George Washington University

Washington, DC

2.2 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 1,542
#5 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

4.5 $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,651
#26 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

3.5 $37,576 per year (full-time) 404
#122 Howard University

Washington, DC

2.0 $23,316 per year (full-time) 78

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