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Rank	School name	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Additional data
#25	Pennsylvania State University‒University Park University Park, PA	$18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,863	U.S. News Engineering School Compass Get the U.S. News Engineering School Compass to unlock more data columns. Access the complete rankings and more to find the right engineering school for you. Expanded profiles for all schools All entering class stats, including average GRE scores Research Expenditures All college data included (access good for one year) Get Access Already a member? Login here
#25	University of Washington Seattle, WA	$13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,030
#28	Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC	$42,350 per year (full-time)	944
#29	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	$6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,918
#29	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	$11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,738
#29	University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,920
#32	Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX	$36,610 per year (full-time)	716
#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
#34	University of Colorado‒Boulder Boulder, CO	$12,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,613
#34	Yale University New Haven, CT	$35,500 per year (full-time)	217
#36	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$1,712 per credit (full-time)	457
#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
#38	Boston University Boston, MA	$42,400 per year (full-time)	857
#38	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$43,350 per year (full-time)	831
#38	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,967
#38	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$1,340 per credit (full-time)	547
#38	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	$13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	667
#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
#44	Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ	$10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,692
#45	Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA	$1,260 per credit (full-time)	787
#45	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$42,350 per year (full-time)	501
#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
#48	Brown University Providence, RI	$42,808 per year (full-time)	323
#48	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$10,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,612 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	993
#48	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	$42,500 per year (full-time)	775

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