Best Engineering Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Engineering Schools Rankings Methodology
Before you can make your mark as an engineer, you need to find the school that can best help you build your skills. With U.S. News's rankings of the top engineering schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
$42,808 per year (full-time) | 323 |
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| #87 |
University of California‒Santa Cruz (Baskin)
Santa Cruz, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 334 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH |
$12,594 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,829 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 350 | |
| #126 |
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA |
$6,616 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,908 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 367 | |
| #124 |
Brigham Young University (Fulton)
Provo, UT |
$17,850 per year (full-time) | 375 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, MI |
$13,860 per year (full-time) | 377 | |
| #112 |
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL |
$9,200 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 385 | |
| #132 |
Ohio University (Russ)
Athens, OH |
$8,188 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,180 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 388 | |
| #119 |
University of Akron
Akron, OH |
$7,285 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,473 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 388 | |
| #126 |
University of Wisconsin‒Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI |
$11,482 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,948 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 393 | |
| #105 |
University of Arkansas‒Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR |
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $827 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 401 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI |
$480 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,016 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 401 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Cleveland State University (Fenn)
Cleveland, OH |
$511 per credit (in-state, full-time); $961 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 403 | |
| #23 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
$37,576 per year (full-time) | 404 | |
| #132 |
University of Alabama‒Birmingham
Birmingham, AL |
$6,798 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,462 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 404 | |
| #119 |
Utah State University
Logan, UT |
$5,897 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 413 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Colorado‒Denver
Denver, CO |
$4,330 per year (in-state, full-time); $11,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 417 | |
| #61 |
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA |
$7,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,064 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 418 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID |
$4,230 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,018 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 421 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Texas A&M University‒Kingsville (Dotterweich)
Kingsville, TX |
$3,228 per year (in-state, full-time); $7,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 437 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of North Texas
Denton, TX |
$217 per credit (in-state, full-time); $568 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 444 | |
| #143 |
University of North Carolina‒Charlotte (Lee)
Charlotte, NC |
$5,729 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 452 | |
| #143 |
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM |
$6,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 456 | |
| #36 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$1,712 per credit (full-time) | 457 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Oakland University
Rochester, MI |
$595 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 486 |
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