2026 U.S. News Engineering School (Graduate) Rankings

194 schools · Source: U.S. News 2026 (published 2026) · Admission and tuition figures are school-wide undergraduate data. Acceptance rate for fall 2025, international tuition for 2025 (IPEDS)

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1

Same

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts
Admit 4.5% $62,396 29.1% international
2

Same

Stanford University California
Admit 3.6% $65,910 25.7% international
3

Same

University of California-Berkeley California
Admit 11.0% $47,265 15.8% international
=4

Same

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia
Admit 14.1% $34,484 25.3% international
=4

↑ 1

Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana
Admit 49.9% $28,794 17.0% international
=6

↓ 1

California Institute of Technology California
Admit 2.6% $65,898 33.3% international
=6

↑ 1

The University of Texas at Austin Texas
Admit 26.6% $44,908 9.7% international
=6

↑ 1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois
Admit 42.4% $40,096 22.5% international
9

↑ 1

University of California-San Diego California
Admit 26.7% $47,676 18.1% international
10

↓ 3

Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania
Admit 11.7% $65,636 42.0% international
11

↑ 1

Cornell University New York
Admit 8.8% $69,314 25.9% international
12

↓ 1

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan
Admit 15.6% $63,081 16.4% international
13

Same

Johns Hopkins University Maryland
Admit 6.4% $64,730 27.0% international
=14

↑ 1

Texas A & M University-College Station Texas
Admit 57.4% $40,124 6.9% international
=14

↓ 1

University of California-Los Angeles California
Admit 9.0% $46,121 13.4% international
=16

Same

Northwestern University Illinois
Admit 7.7% $68,322 22.0% international
=16

↑ 1

University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Admit 5.4% $68,686 23.7% international
=18

Same

Columbia University in the City of New York New York
Admit 4.0% $70,517 39.3% international
=18

↑ 2

University of Colorado Boulder Colorado
Admit 78.1% $42,970 6.4% international
=18

Same

University of Maryland-College Park Maryland
Admit 44.8% $41,186 11.7% international
21

↓ 1

University of Southern California California
Admit 9.8% $71,647 26.6% international
=22

↓ 2

Duke University North Carolina
Admit 5.7% $68,758 25.8% international
=22

↓ 2

Harvard University Massachusetts
Admit 3.6% $61,676 26.5% international
=22

↓ 2

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington
Admit 39.1% $43,209 14.0% international
=25

Same

Princeton University New Jersey
Admit 4.6% $62,688 24.5% international
=25

↑ 1

Rice University Texas
Admit 8.0% $61,247 25.8% international
27

Same

University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin
Admit 45.2% $42,103 15.6% international
=28

↓ 1

North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina
Admit 41.7% $32,847 9.7% international
=28

↓ 1

Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio
Admit 60.6% $40,022 10.2% international
=28

↑ 3

The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania
Admit 60.6% $41,790 14.9% international
=28

↑ 3

University of California-Santa Barbara California
Admit 33.0% $47,332 11.9% international
=32

↓ 5

Boston University Massachusetts
Admit 11.1% $68,102 26.3% international
=32

↓ 1

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia
Admit 54.8% $37,764 10.7% international
34

Same

Northeastern University Massachusetts
Admit 5.2% $66,162 35.4% international
35

↓ 1

University of California-Davis California
Admit 41.8% $47,692 14.9% international
=36

↑ 1

University of California-Irvine California
Admit 28.6% $46,640 15.7% international
=36

↑ 1

University of Delaware Delaware
Admit 70.6% $41,400 11.3% international
=36

Same

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota
Admit 79.7% $38,362 9.5% international
=39

Same

Vanderbilt University Tennessee
Admit 5.9% $67,498 13.5% international
=39

Same

Yale University Connecticut
Admit 3.9% $67,250 24.3% international
41

↑ 6

Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona
Admit 89.9% $33,139 15.7% international
=42

Same

New York University New York
Admit 9.2% $62,796 33.8% international
=42

↑ 1

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania
Admit 58.1% $41,430 8.9% international
=42

↓ 3

University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia
Admit 16.8% $61,591 9.6% international
=42

↑ 1

Washington University in St Louis Missouri
Admit 12.1% $65,790 27.6% international
=46

↑ 3

Iowa State University Iowa
Admit 88.7% $28,881 9.5% international
=46

↓ 3

University of Florida Florida
Admit 24.2% $28,659 9.1% international
=48

↓ 1

University of Notre Dame Indiana
Admit 11.3% $65,025 13.9% international
=48

↓ 5

University of Rochester New York
Admit 40.1% $67,080 30.1% international
=50

↑ 2

Brown University Rhode Island
Admit 5.4% $71,312 20.7% international
=50

↑ 2

Colorado School of Mines Colorado
Admit 60.7% $45,824 7.5% international
=50

↓ 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York
Admit 63.5% $64,078 13.3% international
=50

↑ 2

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee
Admit 41.6% $33,256 3.7% international
=50

↑ 2

University of Dayton Ohio
Admit 65.4% $49,140 11.1% international
=55

↓ 3

Case Western Reserve University Ohio
Admit 36.5% $66,608 16.4% international
=55

↑ 2

University at Buffalo New York
Admit 74.2% $31,536 19.8% international
=55

↓ 6

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts
Admit 59.7% $40,449 14.2% international
=58

↑ 1

Auburn University Alabama
Admit 45.9% $34,922 5.2% international
=58

↑ 1

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado
Admit 88.5% $35,061 5.6% international
=58

↑ 1

University of Connecticut Connecticut
Admit 52.4% $43,712 11.5% international
=58

↑ 6

Wichita State University Kansas
Admit 93.9% $19,869 17.1% international
=62

↓ 3

Dartmouth College New Hampshire
Admit 5.4% $68,019 21.2% international
=62

↓ 3

Michigan State University Michigan
Admit 84.8% $44,850 8.5% international
=62

↑ 2

Stony Brook University New York
Admit 49.0% $32,741 14.5% international
=65

↓ 1

Clemson University South Carolina
Admit 38.3% $40,866 5.8% international
=65

↑ 4

Tufts University Massachusetts
Admit 11.5% $70,704 14.7% international
=65

↓ 7

University of Utah Utah
Admit 86.0% $30,860 8.5% international
=68

↑ 4

Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey
Admit 58.1% $37,441 10.1% international
=68

↑ 1

University of Arizona Arizona
Admit 86.1% $39,903 6.5% international
=68

↓ 4

University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois
Admit 77.4% $32,009 12.4% international
=71

↑ 3

George Washington University D.C.
Admit 47.1% $67,710 14.5% international
=71

↑ 3

University of Central Florida Florida
Admit 40.1% $22,467 4.6% international
=71

↑ 1

University of Houston Texas
Admit 73.9% $22,547 10.5% international
=71

↓ 7

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina
Admit 15.3% $41,203 8.0% international
=71

↑ 10

University of Texas-Arlington Texas
Admit 79.9% $29,582 10.9% international
=76

↑ 9

George Mason University Virginia
Admit 87.5% $38,688 10.7% international
=76

↑ 5

Lehigh University Pennsylvania
Admit 25.9% $64,980 12.9% international
=76

↑ 5

Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri
Admit 72.5% $33,248 13.6% international
=76

↓ 2

Oregon State University Oregon
Admit 77.3% $38,190 5.9% international
=76

↓ 7

Rochester Institute of Technology New York
Admit 66.9% $59,210 10.9% international
=76

↓ 2

Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey
Admit 47.6% $63,462 31.1% international
=76

↓ 2

University of California-Santa Cruz California
Admit 65.8% $46,923 6.0% international
=83

↓ 9

Drexel University Pennsylvania
Admit 79.4% $62,412 11.3% international
=83

↑ 14

The University of Alabama Alabama
Admit 76.6% $34,172 3.0% international
=83

↓ 9

University of Iowa Iowa
Admit 83.6% $33,371 4.7% international
=83

↓ 2

University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina
Admit 60.2% $36,298 4.4% international
=83

↑ 6

University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida
Admit 43.2% $17,324 10.7% international
88

↑ 1

University of California-Riverside California
Admit 76.4% $46,524 8.8% international
=89

New

Florida State University Florida
Admit 24.2% $21,683 5.5% international
=89

Same

Michigan Technological University Michigan
Admit 92.4% $44,807 9.7% international
=89

↓ 4

Mississippi State University Mississippi
Admit 77.6% $27,637 4.0% international
=89

↓ 4

The University of Texas at Dallas Texas
Admit 65.1% $40,144 18.7% international
=89

Same

Washington State University Washington
Admit 86.6% $29,950 5.0% international
=94

↓ 9

New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey
Admit 65.1% $37,664 16.8% international
=94

↑ 3

University of Kentucky Kentucky
Admit 92.9% $34,140 3.5% international
=94

Same

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts
Admit 60.2% $60,765 15.3% international
=97

↓ 3

Florida International University Florida
Admit 54.7% $18,964 8.5% international
=97

↑ 4

University of Maine Maine
Admit 96.6% $36,756 4.7% international
=99

↑ 12

Kansas State University Kansas
Admit 81.7% $28,568 4.8% international
=99

↑ 7

University of Arkansas Arkansas
Admit 74.3% $29,966 3.6% international

U.S. News 2026 Best Engineering Schools: Methodology

The 2026 U.S. News Best Engineering Schools rankings were published in April 2026. They assess doctoral-granting engineering schools, and MIT is No. 1. There are also specialty rankings such as aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.

Methodology

The overall list combines four groups of indicators, with the same weights as the previous three editions:

Reputation (25%): ratings by engineering school deans and graduate deans (12.5%) and by corporate engineering recruiters (12.5%), both on a 1–5 scale.
Research activity: total research expenditures and research expenditures per faculty member, the largest group.
Student selectivity: doctoral acceptance rate and similar measures.
Faculty resources: student-faculty ratio, share of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering and similar measures.

Specialty ranks rely only on peer assessment.

How to use this ranking

Research funding carries a large weight, so large, well-funded research engineering schools have an edge; teaching and placement in master's programs are not assessed.
The acceptance rate, tuition and international share on this page are the school's undergraduate figures (IPEDS), not the graduate program's.

Sources

Compiled by Forward Pathway, updated 2026-11-04