Top Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering Schools in the U.S.
| Ranking | School and Information |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) Tuition: Full-time: $40,460 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,818 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 783 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% |
| 2 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $42,660 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,564 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 785 Research expenditures per faculty member: $909,720 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $197,409,327 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 17.6% |
| 3 | University of California: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,220 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,322 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,882 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 782 Research expenditures per faculty member: $759,699 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $186,886,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 16.7% |
| 4 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $15,732 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,998 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,773 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $571,122 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $220,453,475 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.3% |
| 5 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,986 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,860 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 4,624 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 771 Research expenditures per faculty member: $485,600 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $241,829,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.2% |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $36,387 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 577 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 800 Research expenditures per faculty member: $918,113 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $84,466,405 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 14.3% |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) Tuition: Full-time: $37,800 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,517 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 777 Research expenditures per faculty member: $811,403 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $185,000,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 11.2% |
| 8 | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $21,260 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $40,006 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,233 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 778 Research expenditures per faculty member: $534,104 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $188,538,900 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.9% |
| 9 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $29,500 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,705 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $679,587 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $134,558,287 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 11.6% |
| 10 | Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) Tuition: Full-time: $38,620 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 564 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Research expenditures per faculty member: $578,687 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $71,757,250 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 15.9% |
| 11 | Purdue University–West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,979 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,147 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,965 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Research expenditures per faculty member: $587,522 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $219,733,287 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.7% |
| 12 | University of Texas at Austin (Cockrell) (Austin, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,232 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,898 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,428 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $650,548 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $192,562,316 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 7.6% |
| 13 | University of California: Los Angeles (Samueli) (Los Angeles, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,562 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,664 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,845 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 771 Research expenditures per faculty member: $648,254 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $100,479,387 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 14.9% |
| 14 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) (Los Angeles, CA) Tuition: Full-time: $27,234 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 4,251 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 765 Research expenditures per faculty member: $990,839 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $168,442,795 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 10.3% |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,376 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,134 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,751 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 780 Research expenditures per faculty member: $658,597 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $148,842,969 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.5% |
| 16 | University of California: San Diego (Jacobs) (La Jolla, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,493 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 775 Research expenditures per faculty member: $804,533 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $146,425,021 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 11.0% |
| 17 | University of California: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA) Tuition: Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 753 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 775 Research expenditures per faculty member: $783,203 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $102,599,610 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 12.8% |
| 18 | University of Maryland: College Park (Clark) (College Park, MD) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,450 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,358 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,259 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 767 Research expenditures per faculty member: $776,575 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $179,388,838 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.0% |
| 19 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (New York, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $44,160 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,272 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 787 Research expenditures per faculty member: $858,609 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $125,357,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 13.4% |
| 20 | Ohio State University: Columbus Campus (Columbus, OH) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,325 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,050 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,748 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 764 Research expenditures per faculty member: $528,675 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $126,882,145 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.4% |
| 21 | Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) (College Station, TX) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $227 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $539 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,870 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $779,229 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $274,288,947 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.6% |
| 22 | University of Minnesota: Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,945 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Research expenditures per faculty member: $504,903 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $104,010,186 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.8% |
| 23 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $13,140 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,010 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,787 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 760 Research expenditures per faculty member: $518,447 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $113,021,542 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 7.0% |
| 24 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA) |
| 25 | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) Tuition: Full-time: $36,304 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 385 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 787 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% |
| 26 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (Baltimore, MD) Tuition: Full-time: $42,280 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 3,293 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 773 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,524 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $72,141,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.4% |
| 27 | Penn State University Park (University Park, PA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $18,146 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,768 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,953 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 Research expenditures per faculty member: $416,140 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $137,742,570 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.8% |
| 28 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) Tuition: Full-time: $41,600 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 818 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 752 Research expenditures per faculty member: $330,519 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $50,900,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.0% |
| 29 | Rice University (Brown) (Houston, TX) Tuition: Full-time: $34,900 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 651 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $458,833 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $50,012,901 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 6.1% |
| 30 | Duke University (Pratt) (Durham, NC) Tuition: Full-time: $40,720 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 907 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Research expenditures per faculty member: $756,991 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $90,082,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.5% |
| 31 | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,834 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,882 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,899 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 755 Research expenditures per faculty member: $486,626 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $148,421,098 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.1% |
| 32 | Arizona State University (Fulton) (Tempe, AZ) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,709 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $23,833 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,445 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $380,518 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $76,103,663 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.0% |
| 33 | Northwestern University (McCormick) (Evanston, IL) Tuition: Full-time: $41,592 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,531 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Research expenditures per faculty member: $622,433 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $107,681,040 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.9% |
| 34 | University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,146 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $32,779 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,550 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 757 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,761 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $78,148,562 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.6% |
| 35 | University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,954 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,347 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,905 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 760 Research expenditures per faculty member: $252,977 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $66,280,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.4% |
| 36 | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) Tuition: Full-time: $26,660 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,665 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 779 Research expenditures per faculty member: $955,666 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $102,256,326 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 8.3% |
| 37 | Yale University (New Haven, CT) Tuition: Full-time: $34,500 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 216 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 800 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,732 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $25,882,094 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 12.0% |
| 38 | Iowa State University (Ames, IA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,616 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $20,280 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 997 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Research expenditures per faculty member: $366,205 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $78,368,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.9% |
| 39 | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,839 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,801 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 957 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Research expenditures per faculty member: $326,723 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $57,503,293 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.5% |
| 40 | University of California: Davis (Davis, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $15,271 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,373 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,252 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 758 Research expenditures per faculty member: $422,710 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $79,469,487 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 6.7% |
| 41 | University of California: Irvine (Samueli) (Irvine, CA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $13,321 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,423 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,200 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 766 Research expenditures per faculty member: $471,511 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $82,986,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.3% |
| 42 | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) Tuition: Full-time: $41,265 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 471 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 765 Research expenditures per faculty member: $392,899 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $41,254,485 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.7% |
| 43 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,762 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,086 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 685 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 761 Research expenditures per faculty member: $478,011 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $62,141,496 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.6% |
| 44 | Brown University (Providence, RI) Tuition: Full-time: $41,328 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 291 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 780 Research expenditures per faculty member: $338,102 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $21,976,691 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.5% |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) Tuition: Full-time: $35,690 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 606 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 743 Research expenditures per faculty member: $368,295 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $38,671,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.9% |
| 46 | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) Tuition: In-state, full-time: $569 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,118 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 812 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 745 Research expenditures per faculty member: $305,836 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $50,463,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.8% |
| 47 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) Tuition: Full-time: $40,950 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 701 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Research expenditures per faculty member: $301,467 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $23,213,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.6% |
| 48 | Boston University (Boston, MA) Tuition: Full-time: $40,848 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 798 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 763 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% |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA) |
| 50 | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) Tuition: Full-time: $1,680 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 450 Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 771 Research expenditures per faculty member: $738,541 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $62,776,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.4% |