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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unranked |
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright Patterson AFB, OH |
N/A | N/A |
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| #143 |
Alfred University‒New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)
Alfred, NY |
$21,758 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,758 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 48 | |
| #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 | |
| #67 |
Auburn University (Ginn)
Auburn University, AL |
$7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 851 | |
| #126 |
Binghamton University‒SUNY (Watson)
Binghamton, NY |
$9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 664 | |
| Unranked |
Boise State University
Boise, ID |
N/A | N/A | |
| #38 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$42,400 per year (full-time) | 857 | |
| #124 |
Brigham Young University (Fulton)
Provo, UT |
$17,850 per year (full-time) | 375 | |
| #48 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
$42,808 per year (full-time) | 323 | |
| #4 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
$38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | |
| #132 |
California State University‒Long Beach
Long Beach, CA |
$7,506 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 774 | |
| #5 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
$38,900 per year (full-time) | 2,857 | |
| #51 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$37,120 per year (full-time) | 633 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC |
$36,630 per year (full-time) | 196 | |
| #116 |
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY |
$1,259 per credit (full-time) | 210 | |
| #79 |
Clemson University
Clemson, SC |
$8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,317 | |
| 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 | |
| #57 |
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO |
$13,590 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,620 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,343 | |
| #67 |
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO |
$10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 660 | |
| #15 |
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
New York, NY |
$47,340 per year (full-time) | 2,525 | |
| #13 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
$29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | |
| #105 |
CUNY‒City College (Grove)
New York, NY |
$10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 654 | |
| #55 |
Dartmouth College (Thayer)
Hanover, NH |
$43,782 per year (full-time) | 289 | |
| #67 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
$28,215 per year (full-time) | 1,128 | |
| #28 |
Duke University (Pratt)
Durham, NC |
$42,350 per year (full-time) | 944 |

