This article features top engineering colleges in Massachusetts that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Massachusetts, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Massachusetts Top Engineering Programs |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 17.5% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 783 Tuition: Full-time: $40,460 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,818 Research expenditures per faculty member: $900,981 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $332,462,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 13.2% |
| 19 | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 7.0% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 787 Tuition: Full-time: $36,304 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 385 Research expenditures per faculty member: $775,287 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $49,618,395 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 18.2% |
| 38 | Boston University (Boston, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 25.3% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Tuition: Full-time: $40,848 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 798 Research expenditures per faculty member: $633,610 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $74,766,086 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 6.0% |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts–Amherst (Amherst, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 28.7% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 754 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $2,640 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $9,937 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 825 Research expenditures per faculty member: $359,371 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $53,546,355 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.7% |
| 62 | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 46.7% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 753 Tuition: Full-time: $1,230 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,893 Research expenditures per faculty member: $227,292 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $31,366,373 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.4% |
| 76 | Tufts University (Medford, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 44.0% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 742 Tuition: Full-time: $25,410 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 628 Research expenditures per faculty member: $262,859 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $18,137,276 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.8% |
| 100 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 58.0% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 757 Tuition: Full-time: $21,564 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 992 Research expenditures per faculty member: $127,640 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $13,785,220 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.9% |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth (North Dartmouth, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 77.5% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 698 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,381 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,952 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 238 Research expenditures per faculty member: $61,865 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $2,660,231 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 182 | University of Massachusetts–Lowell (Francis) (Lowell, MA) Overall acceptance rate: 65.2% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 692 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,704 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,804 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 524 Research expenditures per faculty member: $155,512 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $11,352,424 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |