| Rank | School | Location | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4.7 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 |
| 2 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 4.4 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 |
| 2 | University of California‒Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | 4.4 | $12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 760 |
| 4 | Northwestern University (McCormick) | Evanston, IL | 4.3 | $43,380 per year (full-time) | 1,669 |
| 4 | University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 4.3 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 |
| 6 | University of California‒Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 4.2 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 4 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 |
| 7 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 4 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 |
| 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 3.9 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 |
| 9 | University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 3.9 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 |
| 11 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 3.8 | $12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,967 |
