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Mechanical Engineering

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools

Mechanical engineers work with machines and engines, from elevator technology to robotics. Students can focus on areas such as heat transfer and fracture mechanics. These are the top graduate schools for mechanical engineering.

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Rankings			Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank	School name	Score	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Additional data
#38	Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ	3.1	$10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,692	U.S. News Engineering School Compass Get the U.S. News Engineering School Compass to unlock more data columns. Access the complete rankings and more to find the right engineering school for you. Expanded profiles for all schools All entering class stats, including average GRE scores Research Expenditures All college data included (access good for one year) Get Access Already a member? Login here
#77	Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL	2.5	$7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	851
#84	Binghamton University‒SUNY (Watson) Binghamton, NY	2.4	$9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	664
#44	Boston University Boston, MA	3.0	$42,400 per year (full-time)	857
#68	Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT	2.6	$17,850 per year (full-time)	375
#3	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.7	$38,084 per year (full-time)	587
#12	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3.9	$38,900 per year (full-time)	2,857
#38	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	3.1	$37,120 per year (full-time)	633
#132	Catholic University of America Washington, DC	2.0	$36,630 per year (full-time)	196
#84	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	2.4	$1,259 per credit (full-time)	210
#57	Clemson University Clemson, SC	2.8	$8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,317
#77	Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	2.5	$10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	660
#30	Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY	3.3	$47,340 per year (full-time)	2,525
#9	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.1	$29,500 per year (full-time)	1,768
#84	CUNY‒City College (Grove) New York, NY	2.4	$10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	654
#49	Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH	2.9	$43,782 per year (full-time)	289
#49	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	2.9	$28,215 per year (full-time)	1,128
#30	Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC	3.3	$42,350 per year (full-time)	944
#77	Florida A&M University - Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	2.5	$428 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,059 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	268
#77	George Washington University Washington, DC	2.5	$1,340 per credit (full-time)	1,542
#5	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.6	$10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	4,651
#30	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	3.3	$37,576 per year (full-time)	404
#119	Howard University Washington, DC	2.1	$23,316 per year (full-time)	78
#68	Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL	2.6	$1,119 per credit (full-time)	1,450
#104	Indiana University-Purdue University‒Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	2.2	$352 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,007 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	229

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Mechanical Engineering

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