Best Engineering Schools

Ranked in 2015 | Best Engineering Schools Rankings Methodology

Before you can make your mark as an engineer, you need to find the graduate school that can best help you build your skills. With the U.S. News rankings of the top engineering schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.

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Rank School name Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) Engineering school research expenditures (2013-2014 fiscal year) Overall acceptance rate Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering Peer assessment score (out of 5) Ph.D.s granted Recruiter assessment score (out of 5) Research expenditures per faculty member
#49Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 39 out of 100.
Michigan State University 

East Lansing, MI

$646 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,269 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 791
#49Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 39 out of 100.
University of Arizona 

Tucson, AZ

$10,718 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,700 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,133
#49Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 39 out of 100.
University of Notre Dame 

Notre Dame, IN

$45,610 per year (full-time) 508
#54Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 38 out of 100.
University of Delaware 

Newark, DE

$1,625 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,625 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 873
#54Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 38 out of 100.
Washington University in St. Louis 

St. Louis, MO

$45,700 per year (full-time) 976
#56Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 37 out of 100.
Colorado School of Mines 

Golden, CO

$14,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,290
#56Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 37 out of 100.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick 

Piscataway, NJ

$15,888 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,736 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,229
#56Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 37 out of 100.
University of Utah 

Salt Lake City, UT

$6,575 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,209
#59Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 36 out of 100.
University at Buffalo—​SUNY 

Buffalo, NY

$10,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,190 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,923
#59Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 36 out of 100.
University of Massachusetts—​Amherst 

Amherst, MA

$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 868
#61Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 35 out of 100.
Dartmouth College (Thayer) 

Hanover, NH

$46,763 per year (full-time) 286
#61Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 35 out of 100.
University of Illinois—​Chicago 

Chicago, IL

$14,540 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,538 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,164
#63Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 34 out of 100.
University of Dayton 

Dayton, OH

$923 per credit (full-time) 845
#63Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 34 out of 100.
University of Iowa 

Iowa City, IA

$8,252 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 385
#63Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 34 out of 100.
University of Tennessee—​Knoxville 

Knoxville, TN

$11,602 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,050 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 996
#66Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 33 out of 100.
Drexel University 

Philadelphia, PA

$30,321 per year (full-time) 1,257
#66Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 33 out of 100.
Stony Brook University—​SUNY 

Stony Brook, NY

$10,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,190 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,512
#68Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 32 out of 100.
Auburn University (Ginn) 

Auburn, AL

$8,586 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,758 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 917
#68Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 32 out of 100.
Tufts University 

Medford, MA

$28,640 per year (full-time) 596
#68Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 32 out of 100.
University of Connecticut 

Storrs, CT

$12,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,674 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 905
#71Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 31 out of 100.
Clemson University 

Clemson, SC

$9,496 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,724 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,425
#71Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 31 out of 100.
Colorado State University 

Fort Collins, CO

$11,104 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,276 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 758
#71Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 31 out of 100.
University of California—​Riverside (Bourns) 

Riverside, CA

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 667
#74Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 30 out of 100.
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) 

Chicago, IL

$1,250 per credit (full-time) 1,704
#74Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 30 out of 100.
Syracuse University 

Syracuse, NY

$40,380 per year (full-time) 1,174

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