Best Graduate Materials Engineering Programs in US 2015

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* 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 Northwestern University (McCormick)

(Evanston, IL, US)

$45,120 per year (full-time) 1,799 164
#2 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
#2 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
#5 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

$45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517 166
#6 California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA, US)

$39,990 per year (full-time) 569 168
#6 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

$29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812 165
#6 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
#9 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
#10 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
#11 Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$40,000 per year (full-time) 3,157 165
#11 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
#11 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$28,768 per year (full-time) 1,609 165
#14 Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$38,888 per year (full-time) 449 165
#15 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
#16 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
#17 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
#18 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$45,470 per year (full-time) 3,296 163
#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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

$45,100 per year (full-time) 783 163
#21 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
#22 Lehigh University (Rossin)

(Bethlehem, PA, US)

$1,300 per credit (full-time) 826 163
#22 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
#22 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) 1,854 164
#22 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
#22 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
#22 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
#22 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,193 162
#29 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

$38,588 per year (full-time) 633 164
#29 Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO, US)

$14,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,269 159
#29 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
#29 Rice University (Brown)

(Houston, TX, US)

$38,260 per year (full-time) 760 164
#29 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
#29 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

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

(Providence, RI, US)

$44,608 per year (full-time) 321 164
#35 Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$29,295 per year (full-time) 1,146 160
#35 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
#35 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
#39 Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ, US)

$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,136 162
#39 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

(New York, NY, US)

$39,360 per year (full-time) 2,827 165
#39 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
#39 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
#39 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
#39 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$29,448 per year (full-time) 4,857 163
#45 Alfred University—​New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)

(Alfred, NY, US)

$22,520 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,520per year (out-of-state, full-time) 61 N/A
#45 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

(Hanover, NH, US)

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

(Pullman, WA, US)

$11,746 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,178per year (out-of-state, full-time) 662 157
#49 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
#49 University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT, US)

$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740per year (out-of-state, full-time) 873 161
#51 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
#51 Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY, US)

$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,393 N/A
#51 University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY, US)

$1,395 per credit (full-time) 605 167
#51 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
#51 University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT, US)

$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,180 162
#56 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

$43,970 per year (full-time) 907 163
#56 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950per year (out-of-state, full-time) 339 159
#56 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
#56 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
#60 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
#61 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL, US)

$1,204 per credit (full-time) 1,587 161
#61 Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO, US)

$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,196 159
#61 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

(Socorro, NM, US)

$5,270 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,883per year (out-of-state, full-time) 191 157
#61 Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

(Hoboken, NJ, US)

$30,200 per year (full-time) 1,861 161
#61 University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL, US)

$6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,030per year (out-of-state, full-time) 451 157
#61 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
#61 University of North Texas

(Denton, TX, US)

$228 per credit (in-state, full-time); $582 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 470 158
#61 Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN, US)

$1,747 per credit (full-time) 495 163

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