| Ranking | School and Information |
| 1 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $42,660 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,564 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 785 Research expenditures per faculty member: $909,720 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $197,409,327 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 17.6% |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $36,387 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 577 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 800 Research expenditures per faculty member: $918,113 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $84,466,405 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 14.3% |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Tuition: Full-time: $40,460 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,818 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 783 Research expenditures per faculty member: $900,981 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $332,462,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 13.2% |
| 4 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,986 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,860 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 4,624 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 771 Research expenditures per faculty member: $485,600 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $241,829,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.2% |
| 5 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $21,260 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $40,006 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,233 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 778 Research expenditures per faculty member: $534,104 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $188,538,900 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.9% |
| 6 | Purdue University–West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,979 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,147 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,965 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Research expenditures per faculty member: $587,522 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $219,733,287 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.7% |
| 7 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $15,732 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,998 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,773 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $571,122 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $220,453,475 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.3% |
| 8 | Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) Tuition: Full-time: $38,620 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 564 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Research expenditures per faculty member: $578,687 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $71,757,250 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 15.9% |
| 9 | University of Maryland: College Park (Clark) (College Park, MD) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,450 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,358 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,259 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 767 Research expenditures per faculty member: $776,575 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $179,388,838 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.0% |
| 10 | University of Texas at Austin (Cockrell) (Austin, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,232 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,898 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,428 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $650,548 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $192,562,316 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 7.6% |
| 11 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $29,500 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,705 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $679,587 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $134,558,287 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 11.6% |
| 12 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,945 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Research expenditures per faculty member: $504,903 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $104,010,186 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.8% |
| 13 | Penn State University Park (University Park, PA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $18,146 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,768 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,953 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Research expenditures per faculty member: $416,140 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $137,742,570 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.8% |
| 14 | Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) (College Station, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $227 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $539 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,870 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $779,229 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $274,288,947 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.6% |
| 15 | University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,146 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $32,779 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,550 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 757 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,761 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $78,148,562 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.6% |
| 16 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $13,140 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,010 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,787 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 760 Research expenditures per faculty member: $518,447 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $113,021,542 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 7.0% |
| 17 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,048 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,497 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,336 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 755 Research expenditures per faculty member: $471,162 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $152,656,772 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.9% |
| 18 | University of California: Los Angeles (Samueli) (Los Angeles, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,562 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,664 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,845 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 771 Research expenditures per faculty member: $648,254 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $100,479,387 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 14.9% |
| 19 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $41,600 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 818 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 752 Research expenditures per faculty member: $330,519 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $50,900,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.0% |
| 20 | Iowa State University (Ames, IA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,616 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,280 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 997 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Research expenditures per faculty member: $366,205 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $78,368,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.9% |
| 21 | University of California: San Diego (Jacobs) (La Jolla, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,493 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 775 Research expenditures per faculty member: $804,533 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $146,425,021 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 11.0% |
| 22 | Arizona State University (Fulton) (Tempe, AZ) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,709 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $23,833 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,445 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $380,518 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $76,103,663 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.0% |
| 23 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus (Columbus, OH) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,325 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,050 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,748 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 764 Research expenditures per faculty member: $528,675 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $126,882,145 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.4% |
| 24 | University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,954 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,347 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,905 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 760 Research expenditures per faculty member: $252,977 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $66,280,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.4% |
| 25 | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) Tuition: Full-time: $41,265 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 471 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 765 Research expenditures per faculty member: $392,899 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $41,254,485 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.7% |
| 26 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) (Los Angeles, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $27,234 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 4,251 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 765 Research expenditures per faculty member: $990,839 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $168,442,795 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 10.3% |
| 27 | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,834 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,882 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,899 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 755 Research expenditures per faculty member: $486,626 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $148,421,098 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.1% |
| 28 | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,839 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,801 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 957 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Research expenditures per faculty member: $326,723 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $57,503,293 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.5% |
| 29 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,087 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $23,211 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 962 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 744 Research expenditures per faculty member: $197,331 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $26,639,798 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 30 | Air Force Institute of Technology (Wright Patterson AFB, OH) Tuition: N/A Total graduate engineering enrollment: N/A Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Research expenditures per faculty member: N/A Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): N/A Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: N/A |
| 31 | University of California: Davis (Davis, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $15,271 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,373 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,252 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $422,710 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $79,469,487 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 6.7% |
| 32 | University of California: Irvine (Samueli) (Irvine, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $13,321 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,423 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,200 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 766 Research expenditures per faculty member: $471,511 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $82,986,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.3% |
| 33 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus (Piscataway, NJ) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,664 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $23,664 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 931 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Research expenditures per faculty member: $334,337 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $55,500,101 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 5.1% |
| 34 | Auburn University (Ginn) (Auburn University, AL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,290 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,870 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 834 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 737 Research expenditures per faculty member: $401,503 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $57,415,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.4% |
| 35 | Boston University (Boston, MA) Tuition: Full-time: $40,848 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 798 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Research expenditures per faculty member: $633,610 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $74,766,086 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 6.0% |
| 36 | State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,870 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,660 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,238 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $412,525 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $55,691,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.1% |
| 37 | University of Tennessee: Knoxville (Knoxville, TN) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,494 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,636 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 916 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 759 Research expenditures per faculty member: $372,359 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $56,971,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.6% |
| 38 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,762 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,086 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 685 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 761 Research expenditures per faculty member: $478,011 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $62,141,496 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.6% |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) Tuition: Full-time: $35,690 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 606 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 743 Research expenditures per faculty member: $368,295 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $38,671,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.9% |
| 40 | Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $5,881 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,183 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,103 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 727 Research expenditures per faculty member: $200,778 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $33,529,977 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.6% |
| 41 | Old Dominion University (Batten) (Norfolk, VA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $379 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $961 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 799 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 700 Research expenditures per faculty member: $89,233 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $9,369,496 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 42 | Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $1,206 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 920 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $191,255 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $12,431,618 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.5% |
| 43 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,600 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,900 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 369 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 726 Research expenditures per faculty member: $160,538 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $17,177,576 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 44 | University of Houston (Cullen) (Houston, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $382 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $695 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,001 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 753 Research expenditures per faculty member: $233,998 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $28,547,855 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.6% |
| 45 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $314 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $734 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 628 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 733 Research expenditures per faculty member: $173,029 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $17,302,919 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.9% |
| 46 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) Tuition: Full-time: $40,950 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 701 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Research expenditures per faculty member: $301,467 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $23,213,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.6% |
| 47 | West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,432 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,052 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 689 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 721 Research expenditures per faculty member: $241,226 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $29,188,426 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.8% |
| 48 | Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $216 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $601 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 641 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 703 Research expenditures per faculty member: $900,569 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $39,625,059 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 49 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) Tuition: Full-time: $1,235 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,334 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 740 Research expenditures per faculty member: $164,215 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $12,973,020 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 50 | Mississippi State University (Bagley) (Mississippi State, MS) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,740 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,560 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 608 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 730 Research expenditures per faculty member: $498,771 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $52,371,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 51 | University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) Tuition: Full-time: $758 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 643 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 724 Research expenditures per faculty member: $1,648,226 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $87,356,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 52 | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $4,087 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,875 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 691 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 721 Research expenditures per faculty member: $224,976 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $28,571,983 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 53 | University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,558 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,192 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,554 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 727 Research expenditures per faculty member: $277,600 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $37,476,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 54 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) (Chicago, IL) Tuition: Full-time: $1,056 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,523 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 739 Research expenditures per faculty member: $265,131 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $26,778,304 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.2% |
| 55 | New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $5,004 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,446 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 490 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 718 Research expenditures per faculty member: $209,402 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $15,076,961 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
