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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #38 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$42,400 per year (full-time) | 857 |
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| #51 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
$597 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,173 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 858 | |
| #81 |
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 859 | |
| #76 |
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
$1,249 per credit (full-time) | 862 | |
| #55 |
University of Delaware
Newark, DE |
$27,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 862 | |
| #57 |
University of Massachusetts‒Amherst
Amherst, MA |
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 862 | |
| #124 |
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX |
$1,095 per credit (full-time) | 875 | |
| #112 |
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK |
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $709 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 881 | |
| #116 |
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI |
$618 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,262 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 888 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Florida International University
Miami, FL |
$10,129 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,229 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 889 | |
| #28 |
Duke University (Pratt)
Durham, NC |
$42,350 per year (full-time) | 944 | |
| #48 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
$10,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,612 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 993 | |
| #65 |
University of Tennessee‒Knoxville
Knoxville, TN |
$10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,000 | |
| #51 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey‒New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ |
$15,024 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,004 | |
| #43 |
Iowa State University
Ames, IA |
$8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,013 | |
| #45 |
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
Pittsburgh, PA |
$22,196 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,348 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,032 | |
| #81 |
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, MO |
$6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,050 | |
| #89 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA |
$22,302 per year (full-time) | 1,057 | |
| #76 |
University of Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX |
$478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $829 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,070 | |
| #51 |
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT |
$5,964 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,454 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,073 | |
| #65 |
University of Illinois‒Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$12,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,960 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,078 | |
| #67 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
$28,215 per year (full-time) | 1,128 | |
| #33 |
University of California‒Davis
Davis, CA |
$15,387 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,489 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,169 | |
| #37 |
University of California‒Irvine (Samueli)
Irvine, CA |
$13,308 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,410 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,276 | |
| #72 |
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL |
$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,293 |
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