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Rank School name Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#143 Alfred University​‒​New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)

Alfred, NY

$21,758 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,758 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 48

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Rank Not Published St. Louis University (Parks)

St. Louis, MO

$990 per credit (full-time) 58
Rank Not Published Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, AL

$18,100 per year (full-time) 60
#119 University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$309 per credit (in-state, full-time); $934 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 68
Rank Not Published Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

$6,426 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,954 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 73
Rank Not Published Howard University

Washington, DC

$23,316 per year (full-time) 78
#105 Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

$43,300 per year (full-time) 83
Rank Not Published SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

$9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 97
Rank Not Published Morgan State University (Mitchell)

Baltimore, MD

$212 per credit (in-state, full-time); $552 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 107
#140 University of Alaska​‒​Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

$383 per credit (in-state, full-time); $783 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 117
#119 University of Maine

Orono, ME

$418 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,259 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 121
Rank Not Published Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View, TX

$210 per credit (in-state, full-time); $563 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 125
#79 University of North Carolina​‒​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$8,700 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,033 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 129
#126 University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

$556 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,403 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 133
Rank Not Published University of Mississippi

University, MS

$6,282 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,263 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 146
Unranked University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

$266 per credit (in-state, full-time); $710 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 148
Rank Not Published Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

$8,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,640 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 150
Rank Not Published University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

$5,164 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,176 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 165
Rank Not Published Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

$4,797 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,748 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 187
#132 Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

$985 per credit (full-time) 193
Rank Not Published University of Denver

Denver, CO

$38,232 per year (full-time) 193
Rank Not Published New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

$5,044 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 194
Rank Not Published University of Massachusetts​‒​Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA

$12,988 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,028 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 195
Rank Not Published Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

$36,630 per year (full-time) 196
#119 University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

$1,035 per credit (full-time) 200

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