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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #89 |
University of Nebraska‒Lincoln
Lincoln, NE |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 599 |
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| #102 |
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $654 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 597 | |
| #97 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
$330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 593 | |
| #105 |
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS |
$234 per credit (in-state, full-time); $619 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 591 | |
| #4 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
$38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | |
| #105 |
University of Maryland‒Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD |
$510 per credit (in-state, full-time); $844 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 587 | |
| #17 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
$38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Texas‒San Antonio
San Antonio, TX |
$260 per credit (in-state, full-time); $962 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 562 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT |
$720 per credit (full-time) | 550 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Texas‒El Paso
El Paso, TX |
N/A | 548 | |
| #38 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
$1,340 per credit (full-time) | 547 | |
| #67 |
University of California‒Riverside (Bourns)
Riverside, CA |
$14,646 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 | |
| #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 | |
| #89 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
$10,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 520 | |
| #45 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
$42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | |
| #94 |
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS |
$327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 496 | |
| #132 |
Wright State University
Dayton, OH |
$12,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 490 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Oakland University
Rochester, MI |
$595 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 486 | |
| #36 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$1,712 per credit (full-time) | 457 | |
| #143 |
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM |
$6,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 456 | |
| #143 |
University of North Carolina‒Charlotte (Lee)
Charlotte, NC |
$5,729 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 452 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of North Texas
Denton, TX |
$217 per credit (in-state, full-time); $568 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 444 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Texas A&M University‒Kingsville (Dotterweich)
Kingsville, TX |
$3,228 per year (in-state, full-time); $7,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 437 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID |
$4,230 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,018 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 421 | |
| #61 |
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA |
$7,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,064 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 418 |
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