| Rank | School | Location | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue University‒West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | 4.7 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 |
| 2 | University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 4.6 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 |
| 3 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 4.4 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 |
| 3 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 4.4 | $12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,967 |
| 5 | Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look) | College Station, TX | 4.3 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 |
| 6 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | 4.2 | $8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,013 |
| 6 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 4.2 | $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 |
| 8 | University of California‒Davis | Davis, CA | 4.1 | $15,387 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,489 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,169 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | 4 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 |
| 10 | University of Nebraska‒Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | 3.9 | $394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 599 |
| 11 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | 3.6 | $597 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,173 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 858 |
