Best Graduate Computer Engineering Programs in US 2015

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Tuition Enrollment (full-time) Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$43,210 per year (full-time) 3,174 165
#2 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

$45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517 166
#2 University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,936 165
#4 Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$40,000 per year (full-time) 3,157 165
#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) 3,154 165
#6 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) 3,178 165
#7 Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA, US)

$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,576 164
#8 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

$29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812 165
#9 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN, US)

$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,333 163
#9 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) 2,397 164
#11 Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ, US)

$40,170 per year (full-time) 576 165
#11 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) 1,715 164
#13 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$29,448 per year (full-time) 4,857 163
#13 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI, US)

$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,940 164
#15 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) 2,150 163
#15 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,139 164
#17 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

(New York, NY, US)

$39,360 per year (full-time) 2,827 165
#18 Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH, US)

$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,680 163
#18 Rice University (Brown)

(Houston, TX, US)

$38,260 per year (full-time) 760 164
#18 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) 765 165
#21 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$45,470 per year (full-time) 3,296 163
#21 Northwestern University (McCormick)

(Evanston, IL, US)

$45,120 per year (full-time) 1,799 164
#21 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) 1,719 163
#21 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) 3,066 160
#21 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,928 163
#21 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$28,768 per year (full-time) 1,609 165
#27 Duke University (Pratt)

(Durham, NC, US)

$47,100 per year (full-time) 981 163
#27 Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$38,888 per year (full-time) 449 165
#27 North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC, US)

$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,929 163
#27 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,193 162
#31 Brown University

(Providence, RI, US)

$44,608 per year (full-time) 321 164
#31 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) 1,162 163
#31 University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA, US)

$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,325 163
#31 University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL, US)

$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,739 162
#35 Iowa State University

(Ames, IA, US)

$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161 160
#35 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

$45,100 per year (full-time) 783 163
#35 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,130 163
#35 Yale University

(New Haven, CT, US)

$36,500 per year (full-time) 196 164
#39 University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ, US)

$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,041 162
#39 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,623 161
#39 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682per year (out-of-state, full-time) 655 162
#42 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

$43,970 per year (full-time) 907 163
#42 University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA, US)

$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 882 162
#44 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

(Hanover, NH, US)

$45,445 per year (full-time) 291 163
#44 Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, US)

$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 897 N/A
#44 Northeastern University

(Boston, MA, US)

$1,315 per credit (full-time) 2,690 162
#44 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

$43,980 per year (full-time) 484 163
#44 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

$44,100 per year (full-time) 879 163
#49 New York University

(Brooklyn, NY, US)

$1,363 per credit (full-time) 2,365 161
#49 University of California—​Riverside (Bourns)

(Riverside, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332per year (out-of-state, full-time) 594 161
#49 University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA, US)

$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 412 161
#49 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) 1,180 162
#53 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

$38,588 per year (full-time) 633 164
#53 Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$29,295 per year (full-time) 1,146 160
#53 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 N/A
#53 University of California—​Santa Cruz (Baskin)

(Santa Cruz, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 388 162
#53 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432per year (out-of-state, full-time) 980 160
#58 University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL, US)

$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,264 159
#58 University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT, US)

$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740per year (out-of-state, full-time) 873 161
#58 University of Delaware

(Newark, DE, US)

$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 887 161
#58 University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,067 164
#58 University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY, US)

$1,395 per credit (full-time) 605 167
#63 Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn University, AL, US)

$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 883 161
#63 Clemson University

(Clemson, SC, US)

$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,427 160
#63 Lehigh University (Rossin)

(Bethlehem, PA, US)

$1,300 per credit (full-time) 826 163
#63 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 N/A
#63 Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR, US)

$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177per year (out-of-state, full-time) 912 160
#63 Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY, US)

$1,294 per credit (full-time) 996 162
#63 University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,117 160
#63 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 637 160
#63 University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM, US)

$5,433 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 788 156
#63 University of Texas—​Dallas (Jonsson)

(Richardson, TX, US)

$11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,096 161
#73 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL, US)

$1,204 per credit (full-time) 1,587 161
#73 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) 1,196 159
#73 University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 634 N/A
#73 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 555 160
#77 Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS, US)

$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 468 159
#77 Texas Tech University (Whitacre)

(Lubbock, TX, US)

$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 728 159
#77 University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH, US)

$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036per year (out-of-state, full-time) 870 161
#77 University of Houston (Cullen)

(Houston, TX, US)

$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,208 161
#77 University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI, US)

$11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606per year (out-of-state, full-time) 231 N/A
#77 University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL, US)

$10,428 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,126per year (out-of-state, full-time) 865 158
#77 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA, US)

$23,058 per year (full-time) 1,125 163
#84 Binghamton University—​SUNY (Watson)

(Binghamton, NY, US)

$11,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,954per year (out-of-state, full-time) 823 160
#84 Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK, US)

$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 928 N/A
#84 Southern Methodist University

(Dallas, TX, US)

$1,130 per credit (full-time) 936 159
#84 Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

(Hoboken, NJ, US)

$30,200 per year (full-time) 1,861 161
#84 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 339 159
#84 University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL, US)

$8,912 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 729 156
#84 University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY, US)

$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838per year (out-of-state, full-time) 518 161
#84 University of Miami

(Coral Gables, FL, US)

$1,730 per credit (full-time) 276 160
#84 University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE, US)

$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,022 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 606 162
#84 University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC, US)

$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534 159
#84 University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX, US)

$8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,100 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,803 157
#84 Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA, US)

$9,541 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 248 159
#84 West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV, US)

$8,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,906 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 698 160
#97 Air Force Institute of Technology

(Wright Patterson AFB, OH, US)

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#97 Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY, US)

$1,324 per credit (full-time) 204 159
#97 George Mason University (Volgenau)

(Fairfax, VA, US)

$11,750 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,754per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,599 157
#97 Indiana University-​Purdue University—​Indianapolis

(Indianapolis, IN, US)

$359 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 260 160
#97 Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI, US)

$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202per year (out-of-state, full-time) 907 N/A
#97 Santa Clara University

(Santa Clara, CA, US)

$830 per credit (full-time) 710 158
#97 University of Arkansas—​Fayetteville

(Fayetteville, AR, US)

$362 per credit (in-state, full-time); $855 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 459 162
#97 University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO, US)

$6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114per year (out-of-state, full-time) 651 162
#97 Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI, US)

$643 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,288 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,019 156

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