| Ranking | School and Information |
| 1 | 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% |
| 2 | 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% |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,376 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,134 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,751 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 780 Research expenditures per faculty member: $658,597 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $148,842,969 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.5% |
| 4 | 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% |
| 5 | 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% |
| 6 | 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% |
| 7 | University of California: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,220 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,322 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,882 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 782 Research expenditures per faculty member: $759,699 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $186,886,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 16.7% |
| 8 | 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% |
| 9 | 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% |
| 10 | 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% |
| 11 | Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,861 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,476 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 808 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 732 Research expenditures per faculty member: $269,068 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $31,481,052 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 12 | 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% |
| 13 | 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% |
| 14 | 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% |
| 15 | University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $6,331 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,419 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 687 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 706 Research expenditures per faculty member: $335,655 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $31,216,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.0% |
| 16 | University of Missouri: Columbia (Columbia, MO) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $6,300 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,570 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 585 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 732 Research expenditures per faculty member: $295,778 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $33,423,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 17 | 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% |
| 18 | Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID) 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 |
| 19 | 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% |
