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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #97 |
Texas Tech University (Whitacre)
Lubbock, TX |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $604 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 725 |
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| #97 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
$330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 593 | |
| #97 |
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC |
$12,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,534 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 | |
| #94 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$1,340 per credit (full-time) | 1,542 | |
| #94 |
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS |
$327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 496 | |
| #94 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ |
$16,836 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,370 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,340 | |
| #89 |
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI |
$13,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,392 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 823 | |
| #89 |
University of Alabama‒Huntsville
Huntsville, AL |
$8,516 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,384 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 763 | |
| #89 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
$10,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 520 | |
| #89 |
University of Nebraska‒Lincoln
Lincoln, NE |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 599 | |
| #89 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA |
$22,302 per year (full-time) | 1,057 | |
| #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 | |
| #87 |
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO |
$6,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,856 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | |
| #85 |
Mississippi State University (Bagley)
Mississippi State, MS |
$6,264 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,828 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 622 | |
| #85 |
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR |
$13,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 834 | |
| #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 | |
| #81 |
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 859 | |
| #81 |
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM |
$6,592 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,208 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 712 | |
| #81 |
Washington State University
Pullman, WA |
$11,736 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,168 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 674 | |
| #79 |
Clemson University
Clemson, SC |
$8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,317 | |
| #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 | |
| #76 |
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
$1,249 per credit (full-time) | 862 | |
| #76 |
University of Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX |
$478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $829 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,070 | |
| #76 |
University of Texas‒Dallas (Jonsson)
Richardson, TX |
$11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,809 | |
| #72 |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)
Chicago, IL |
$1,119 per credit (full-time) | 1,450 |
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