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 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
$10,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,612 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 993 |
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| #48 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
$42,500 per year (full-time) | 775 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #36 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$1,712 per credit (full-time) | 457 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #32 |
Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX |
$36,610 per year (full-time) | 716 | |
| #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 | |
| #28 |
Duke University (Pratt)
Durham, NC |
$42,350 per year (full-time) | 944 | |
| #25 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD |
$43,930 per year (full-time) | 3,434 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 |














