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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

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