| Rank | School | Location | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4.9 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 |
| 2 | University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 4.7 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin‒Madison | Madison, WI | 4.2 | $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,903 |
| 4 | Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look) | College Station, TX | 4.1 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 |
| 5 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 3.8 | $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 |
| 6 | University of Tennessee‒Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | 3.7 | $10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,000 |
| 7 | University of California‒Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 3.6 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania State University‒University Park | University Park, PA | 3.5 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 |
| 8 | Purdue University‒West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | 3.5 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 |
| 10 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 3.3 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 |
| 10 | University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 3.3 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 |
