| Rank | School | Location | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 4.6 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4.6 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 |
| 3 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 4.5 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 |
| 3 | University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 4.5 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 |
| 5 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 4.4 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 |
| 6 | Purdue University‒West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | 4.3 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 |
| 7 | University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 4.1 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 |
| 8 | University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell) | Austin, TX | 4 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 |
| 9 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 3.9 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 |
| 9 | Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look) | College Station, TX | 3.9 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 |
| 11 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 3.8 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 |
| 11 | University of Maryland‒College Park (Clark) | College Park, MD | 3.8 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 |
| 11 | University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | 3.8 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 |
