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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| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)
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Engineering school research expenditures (2011-2012 fiscal year)
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Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Ph.D.s granted
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Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
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Research expenditures per faculty member
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| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | ||||||||
| #1 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.9 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 | ||||||||
| #3 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.7 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | ||||||||
| #3 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.7 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 | ||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||
| #5 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.6 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | ||||||||
| #7 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
4.4 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | ||||||||
| #8 |
Purdue University–West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.2 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | ||||||||
| #9 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
4.1 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | ||||||||
| #10 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.0 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | ||||||||
| #10 |
University of Texas–Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.0 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | ||||||||
| #12 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
3.9 | $38,900 per year (full-time) | 2,857 | ||||||||
| #12 |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
3.9 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 | ||||||||
| #14 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD |
3.8 | $43,930 per year (full-time) | 3,434 | ||||||||
| #14 |
Northwestern University (McCormick)
Evanston, IL |
3.8 | $43,380 per year (full-time) | 1,669 | ||||||||
| #14 |
University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.8 | $12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,776 | ||||||||
| #17 |
Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)
College Station, TX |
3.7 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | ||||||||
| #17 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
3.7 | $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,903 | ||||||||
| #17 |
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA |
3.7 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | ||||||||
| #20 |
Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX |
3.6 | $36,610 per year (full-time) | 716 | ||||||||
| #20 |
University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA |
3.6 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,614 | ||||||||
| #20 |
University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD |
3.6 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 | ||||||||
| #20 |
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
3.6 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | ||||||||
| #24 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
3.5 | $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,738 | ||||||||
| #24 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
3.5 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | ||||||||
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