Best Graduate Mechanical Engineering Programs in US 2015
Ranked by US News
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Rank | School name | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Cambridge, MA, US) |
$43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
#1 | Stanford University
(Stanford, CA, US) |
$45,480 per year (full-time) | 3,517 |
#3 | California Institute of Technology
(Pasadena, CA, US) |
$39,990 per year (full-time) | 569 |
#3 | University of California—Berkeley
(Berkeley, CA, US) |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
#5 | Georgia Institute of Technology
(Atlanta, GA, US) |
$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
#5 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
(Urbana, IL, US) |
$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
#5 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
(Ann Arbor, MI, US) |
$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
#8 | Cornell University
(Ithaca, NY, US) |
$29,530 per year (full-time) | 1,812 |
#8 | Princeton University
(Princeton, NJ, US) |
$40,170 per year (full-time) | 576 |
#10 | Carnegie Mellon University
(Pittsburgh, PA, US) |
$40,000 per year (full-time) | 3,157 |
#10 | Purdue University—West Lafayette
(West Lafayette, IN, US) |
$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
#10 | University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)
(Austin, TX, US) |
$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,397 |
#13 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
(Baltimore, MD, US) |
$45,470 per year (full-time) | 3,296 |
#13 | Northwestern University (McCormick)
(Evanston, IL, US) |
$45,120 per year (full-time) | 1,799 |
#13 | University of California—Los Angeles (Samueli)
(Los Angeles, CA, US) |
$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,854 |
#16 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities
(Minneapolis, MN, US) |
$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,928 |
#17 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park
(University Park, PA, US) |
$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
#17 | Texas A&M University—College Station (Look)
(College Station, TX, US) |
$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,066 |
#17 | University of Maryland—College Park (Clark)
(College Park, MD, US) |
$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,150 |
#17 | Virginia Tech
(Blacksburg, VA, US) |
$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,193 |
#21 | University of California—San Diego (Jacobs)
(La Jolla, CA, US) |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,715 |
#21 | University of Wisconsin—Madison
(Madison, WI, US) |
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
#23 | Ohio State University
(Columbus, OH, US) |
$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
#23 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Troy, NY, US) |
$45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
#23 | University of Washington
(Seattle, WA, US) |
$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,139 |
#26 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
(New York, NY, US) |
$39,360 per year (full-time) | 2,827 |
#26 | Duke University (Pratt)
(Durham, NC, US) |
$47,100 per year (full-time) | 981 |
#26 | Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA, US) |
$38,888 per year (full-time) | 449 |
#26 | Rice University (Brown)
(Houston, TX, US) |
$38,260 per year (full-time) | 760 |
#26 | University of California—Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, CA, US) |
$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 765 |
#26 | University of Florida
(Gainesville, FL, US) |
$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
#26 | University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, PA, US) |
$28,768 per year (full-time) | 1,609 |
#26 | University of Southern California (Viterbi)
(Los Angeles, CA, US) |
$29,448 per year (full-time) | 4,857 |
#34 | University of California—Davis
(Davis, CA, US) |
$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,130 |
#34 | University of Colorado—Boulder
(Boulder, CO, US) |
$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,623 |
#36 | Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, OH, US) |
$38,588 per year (full-time) | 633 |
#36 | Iowa State University
(Ames, IA, US) |
$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,161 |
#36 | Michigan State University
(East Lansing, MI, US) |
$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 |
#36 | Yale University
(New Haven, CT, US) |
$36,500 per year (full-time) | 196 |
#40 | North Carolina State University
(Raleigh, NC, US) |
$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
#40 | University of Notre Dame
(Notre Dame, IN, US) |
$43,980 per year (full-time) | 484 |
#42 | Arizona State University (Fulton)
(Tempe, AZ, US) |
$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,136 |
#42 | Lehigh University (Rossin)
(Bethlehem, PA, US) |
$1,300 per credit (full-time) | 826 |
#42 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick
(Piscataway, NJ, US) |
$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,162 |
#42 | University of California—Irvine (Samueli)
(Irvine, CA, US) |
$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,325 |
#42 | University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, VA, US) |
$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 655 |
#42 | Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN, US) |
$1,747 per credit (full-time) | 495 |
#42 | Washington University in St. Louis
(St. Louis, MO, US) |
$44,100 per year (full-time) | 879 |
#49 | Dartmouth College (Thayer)
(Hanover, NH, US) |
$45,445 per year (full-time) | 291 |
#49 | Drexel University
(Philadelphia, PA, US) |
$29,295 per year (full-time) | 1,146 |
#49 | University at Buffalo—SUNY
(Buffalo, NY, US) |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,801 |
#52 | Boston University
(Boston, MA, US) |
$43,970 per year (full-time) | 907 |
#52 | Colorado School of Mines
(Golden, CO, US) |
$14,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,269 |
#52 | University of Arizona
(Tucson, AZ, US) |
$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,041 |
#52 | University of Iowa
(Iowa City, IA, US) |
$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 412 |
#52 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
(Pittsburgh, PA, US) |
$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,067 |
#57 | Clemson University
(Clemson, SC, US) |
$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,427 |
#57 | Northeastern University
(Boston, MA, US) |
$1,315 per credit (full-time) | 2,690 |
#57 | University of Connecticut
(Storrs, CT, US) |
$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 873 |
#57 | Washington State University
(Pullman, WA, US) |
$11,746 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,178per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 662 |
#61 | George Washington University
(Washington, DC, US) |
$1,440 per credit (full-time) | 1,701 |
#61 | Michigan Technological University
(Houghton, MI, US) |
$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 907 |
#61 | Missouri University of Science & Technology
(Rolla, MO, US) |
$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,196 |
#61 | Oregon State University
(Corvallis, OR, US) |
$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 912 |
#61 | Stony Brook University—SUNY
(Stony Brook, NY, US) |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,393 |
#61 | Syracuse University
(Syracuse, NY, US) |
$1,294 per credit (full-time) | 996 |
#61 | University of Cincinnati
(Cincinnati, OH, US) |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 870 |
#61 | University of Illinois—Chicago
(Chicago, IL, US) |
$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,117 |
#61 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville
(Knoxville, TN, US) |
$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 980 |
#61 | University of Utah
(Salt Lake City, UT, US) |
$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,180 |
#71 | Brigham Young University (Fulton)
(Provo, UT, US) |
$12,260 per year (full-time) | 389 |
#71 | Colorado State University
(Fort Collins, CO, US) |
$10,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,240per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 726 |
#71 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)
(Chicago, IL, US) |
$1,204 per credit (full-time) | 1,587 |
#71 | Southern Methodist University
(Dallas, TX, US) |
$1,130 per credit (full-time) | 936 |
#71 | University of Kansas
(Lawrence, KS, US) |
$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | |
#71 | University of North Carolina—Charlotte (Lee)
(Charlotte, NC, US) |
$5,808 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,095 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 500 |
#71 | University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY, US) |
$1,395 per credit (full-time) | 605 |
#71 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(Worcester, MA, US) |
$23,058 per year (full-time) | 1,125 |
#79 | Kansas State University
(Manhattan, KS, US) |
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 468 |
#79 | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge
(Baton Rouge, LA, US) |
$6,631 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 |
#79 | Tufts University
(Medford, MA, US) |
$27,472 per year (full-time) | 592 |
#79 | University of California—Riverside (Bourns)
(Riverside, CA, US) |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 594 |
#79 | University of Kentucky
(Lexington, KY, US) |
$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 518 |
#79 | University of Massachusetts—Amherst
(Amherst, MA, US) |
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 882 |
#79 | University of Missouri
(Columbia, MO, US) |
$6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 651 |
#79 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln
(Lincoln, NE, US) |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,022 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 606 |
#79 | University of New Mexico
(Albuquerque, NM, US) |
$5,433 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 788 |
#88 | Auburn University (Ginn)
(Auburn University, AL, US) |
$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 883 |
#88 | Florida A&M University - Florida State University
(Tallahassee, FL, US) |
$479 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,110 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 269 |
#88 | New Jersey Institute of Technology
(Newark, NJ, US) |
$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,356 |
#88 | New York University
(Brooklyn, NY, US) |
$1,363 per credit (full-time) | 2,365 |
#88 | San Diego State University
(San Diego, CA, US) |
$6,766 per year (in-state, full-time); $372 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 328 |
#88 | Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)
(Hoboken, NJ, US) |
$30,200 per year (full-time) | 1,861 |
#88 | University of Houston (Cullen)
(Houston, TX, US) |
$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,208 |
#88 | University of Oklahoma
(Norman, OK, US) |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 |
#88 | University of South Carolina
(Columbia, SC, US) |
$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 |
#97 | Binghamton University—SUNY (Watson)
(Binghamton, NY, US) |
$11,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,954per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 823 |
#97 | Clarkson University
(Potsdam, NY, US) |
$1,324 per credit (full-time) | 204 |
#97 | CUNY—City College (Grove)
(New York, NY, US) |
$10,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 613 |
#97 | Oklahoma State University
(Stillwater, OK, US) |
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 928 |
#97 | Temple University
(Philadelphia, PA, US) |
$853 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,150 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 260 |
#97 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre)
(Lubbock, TX, US) |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 728 |
#97 | University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa, AL, US) |
$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 339 |
#97 | University of Central Florida
(Orlando, FL, US) |
$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,264 |
#97 | University of Dayton
(Dayton, OH, US) |
$888 per credit (full-time) | 736 |
#97 | University of Texas—Arlington
(Arlington, TX, US) |
$8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,100 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,803 |
#97 | University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI, US) |
$11,596 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,061per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 397 |
#97 | West Virginia University
(Morgantown, WV, US) |
$8,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,906 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 698 |
#109 | Indiana University-Purdue University—Indianapolis
(Indianapolis, IN, US) |
$359 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 260 |
#109 | Mississippi State University (Bagley)
(Mississippi State, MS, US) |
$6,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 590 |
#109 | Santa Clara University
(Santa Clara, CA, US) |
$830 per credit (full-time) | 710 |
#109 | University of Alabama—Huntsville
(Huntsville, AL, US) |
$8,912 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 729 |
#109 | University of Arkansas—Fayetteville
(Fayetteville, AR, US) |
$362 per credit (in-state, full-time); $855 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 459 |
#109 | University of Maryland—Baltimore County
(Baltimore, MD, US) |
$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 |
#109 | University of Miami
(Coral Gables, FL, US) |
$1,730 per credit (full-time) | 276 |
#109 | University of Rhode Island
(Kingston, RI, US) |
$11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 231 |
#109 | Utah State University
(Logan, UT, US) |
$6,678 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,276 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 420 |
#109 | Wayne State University
(Detroit, MI, US) |
$643 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,288 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,019 |
#119 | New Mexico State University
(Las Cruces, NM, US) |
$5,398 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,821 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 471 |
#119 | Old Dominion University
(Norfolk, VA, US) |
N/A | N/A |
#119 | University of Akron
(Akron, OH, US) |
$7,430 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,722 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 414 |
#119 | University of Colorado—Denver
(Denver, CO, US) |
$4,375 per year (in-state, full-time); $11,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 410 |
#119 | University of Hawaii—Manoa
(Honolulu, HI, US) |
N/A | N/A |
#119 | University of Louisville (Speed)
(Louisville, KY, US) |
$10,778 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,446per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 615 |
#119 | University of New Hampshire
(Durham, NH, US) |
$13,500 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,200per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 269 |
#119 | University of Texas—Dallas (Jonsson)
(Richardson, TX, US) |
$11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,096 |
#119 | University of Tulsa
(Tulsa, OK, US) |
$1,087 per credit (full-time) | 209 |
#119 | University of Vermont
(Burlington, VT, US) |
$572 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,444per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 123 |
#119 | University of Wyoming
(Laramie, WY, US) |
$210 per credit (in-state, full-time); $629 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 220 |
#119 | Wichita State University
(Wichita, KS, US) |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 754 |
#119 | Wright State University
(Dayton, OH, US) |
$12,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,258per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 831 |
#132 | Howard University
(Washington, DC, US) |
N/A | N/A |
#132 | Marquette University
(Milwaukee, WI, US) |
$1,025 per credit (full-time) | 181 |
#132 | Montana State University
(Bozeman, MT, US) |
$5,200 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,840per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 192 |
#132 | Ohio University (Russ)
(Athens, OH, US) |
$8,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,466per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 424 |
#132 | University of Alabama—Birmingham
(Birmingham, AL, US) |
$6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,030per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 451 |
#132 | University of Denver
(Denver, CO, US) |
$39,744 per year (full-time) | 232 |
#132 | University of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis)
(Lowell, MA, US) |
$12,039 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,874per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 975 |
#132 | University of Nevada—Reno
(Reno, NV, US) |
$364 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,163per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 255 |
#132 | University of South Florida
(Tampa, FL, US) |
$10,428 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,126per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 865 |
#132 | University of Toledo
(Toledo, OH, US) |
$13,035 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,269per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 372 |
#132 | Virginia Commonwealth University
(Richmond, VA, US) |
$9,541 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,338per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 248 |
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