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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 |
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| #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 | |
| #38 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
$13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 | |
| #143 |
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA |
$805 per credit (full-time) | 673 | |
| #81 |
Washington State University
Pullman, WA |
$11,736 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,168 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 674 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Portland State University (Maseeh)
Portland, OR |
$10,449 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,579 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 675 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL |
$1,123 per credit (full-time) | 686 | |
| #63 |
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH |
$788 per credit (full-time) | 689 | |
| #105 |
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV |
$7,804 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,054 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 704 | |
| #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 | |
| #32 |
Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX |
$36,610 per year (full-time) | 716 | |
| #97 |
Texas Tech University (Whitacre)
Lubbock, TX |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $604 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 725 | |
| #20 |
University of California‒Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA |
$12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 760 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #67 |
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT |
$10,782 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 774 | |
| #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 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA |
$393 per credit (in-state, full-time); $997 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 797 | |
| #105 |
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL |
$10,410 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 822 | |
| #89 |
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI |
$13,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,392 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 823 | |
| #38 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
$43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | |
| #85 |
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR |
$13,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 834 | |
| #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 | |
| #140 |
University of Massachusetts‒Lowell (Francis)
Lowell, MA |
$11,054 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,599 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 852 |
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