US Graduate Engineering School Rankings - Environmental / Environmental Health Engineering Programs

2012 - 2013
(US News Rankings)
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
1 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.7
Full-time:
$42,660 per
year
3,564 785 $909,720 $197,409,327 17.6%
1
University of
California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 4.7
In-state, full-
time: $11,220
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $15,102
per year
1,882 782 $759,699 $186,886,000 16.7%
3
University of
Illinois--Urbana-
Champaign
Urbana, IL 4.5
In-state, full-
time: $15,732
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $28,998
per year
2,773 774 $571,122 $220,453,475 4.3%
4
University of Texas-
-Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX 4.2
In-state, full-
time: $9,232
per year, Out-
2,428 774 $650,548 $192,562,316 7.6%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
of-state, full-
time: $16,898
per year
5
University of
Michigan--Ann
Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
4.1
In-state, full-
time: $21,260
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $40,006
per year
3,233 778 $534,104 $188,538,900 3.9%
6
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Atlanta, GA 4.0
In-state, full-
time: $9,986
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $26,860
per year
4,624 771 $485,600 $241,829,000 4.2%
7
Carnegie Mellon
University
Pittsburgh,
PA
3.9
Full-time:
$37,800 per
year
2,517 777 $811,403 $185,000,000 11.2%
7 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg,
VA
3.9
In-state, full-
time: $10,048
per year, Out-
2,336 755 $471,162 $152,656,772 3.9%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
of-state, full-
time: $19,497
per year
9
Johns Hopkins
University
(Whiting)
Baltimore,
MD
3.7
Full-time:
$42,280 per
year
3,293 773 $497,524 $72,141,000 1.4%
9
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
Cambridge,
MA
3.7
Full-time:
$40,460 per
year
2,818 783 $900,981 $332,462,000 13.2%
11
University of
California--Davis
Davis, CA 3.6
In-state, full-
time: $15,271
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $30,373
per year
1,252 758 $422,710 $79,469,487 6.7%
12
California Institute
of Technology
Pasadena, CA 3.5
Full-time:
$36,387 per
year
577 800 $918,113 $84,466,405 14.3%
12 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.5
Full-time:
$29,500 per
year
1,705 774 $679,587 $134,558,287 11.6%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
12
Duke University
(Pratt)
Durham, NC 3.5
Full-time:
$40,720 per
year
907 774 $756,991 $90,082,000 2.5%
12
University of North
Carolina--Chapel
Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
3.5
In-state, full-
time: $7,643
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $23,773
per year
146 710 $303,027 $10,908,980 0.0%
12
University of
Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI 3.5
In-state, full-
time: $11,376
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $25,134
per year
1,751 780 $658,597 $148,842,969 3.5%
17
Rice University
(Brown)
Houston, TX 3.4
Full-time:
$34,900 per
year
651 774 $458,833 $50,012,901 6.1%
17
University of
Washington
Seattle, WA 3.4
In-state, full-
time: $13,140
per year, Out-
1,787 760 $518,447 $113,021,542 7.0%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
of-state, full-
time: $26,010
per year
19
University of
California--Santa
Barbara
Santa
Barbara, CA
3.3
In-state, full-
time: $18,146
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $30,768
per year
1,953 763 $416,140 $137,742,570 0.8%
19
Purdue University--
West Lafayette
West
Lafayette, IN
3.3
In-state, full-
time: $9,979
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $28,147
per year
2,965 763 $587,522 $219,733,287 4.7%
19
University of
Minnesota--Twin
Cities
Minneapolis,
MN
3.3
In-state, full-
time: $14,012
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $21,466
per year
1,945 772 $504,903 $104,010,186 3.8%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
22
Arizona State
University (Fulton)
Tempe, AZ 3.2
In-state, full-
time: $9,709
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $23,833
per year
2,445 758 $380,518 $76,103,663 2.0%
22
Princeton
University
Princeton, NJ
3.2
Full-time:
$38,620
per year
564 N/A $578,687 $71,757,250 15.9%

22 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 3.2
In-state, full-
time: $7,614
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $22,972
per year
446 738 $603,614 $50,100,000 1.2%
22 Yale University
New Haven,
CT
3.2
Full-time:
$34,500 per
year
216 800 $497,732 $25,882,094 12.0%
26
Northwestern
University
(McCormick)
Evanston, IL 3.1
Full-time:
$41,592 per
year
1,531 772 $622,433 $107,681,040 3.9%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
26
University of
Colorado--Boulder
Boulder, CO 3.1
In-state, full-
time: $12,146
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $32,779
per year
1,550 757 $497,761 $78,148,562 4.6%
28
Columbia University
(Fu Foundation)
New York,
NY
3.0
Full-time:
$44,160 per
year
2,272 787 $858,609 $125,357,000 13.4%
28 Harvard University
Cambridge,
MA
3.0
Full-time:
$36,304 per
year
385 787 $775,287 $49,618,395 18.2%
28
University of
Florida
Gainesville,
FL
3.0
In-state, full-
time: $11,954
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $29,347
per year
2,905 760 $252,977 $66,280,000 0.4%
31
Michigan
Technological
University
Houghton,
MI
2.9
In-state, full-
time: $12,636
per year, Out-
803 734 $190,796 $27,856,250 0.0%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
of-state, full-
time: $12,636
per year
31
North Carolina
State University
Raleigh, NC 2.9
In-state, full-
time: $7,834
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $19,882
per year
2,899 755 $486,626 $148,421,098 3.1%
31
University of
Arizona
Tucson, AZ 2.9
In-state, full-
time: $10,839
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $25,801
per year
957 756 $326,723 $57,503,293 3.5%
31
Washington
University in St.
Louis
St. Louis, MO 2.9
Full-time:
$40,950 per
year
701 772 $301,467 $23,213,000 2.6%
35 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.8
Full-time:
$1,198 per
credit
217 727 $174,249 $11,848,966 0.0%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
35
Colorado School of
Mines
Golden, CO 2.8
In-state, full-
time: $12,585
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $27,270
per year
1,343 718 $282,946 $48,383,820 1.8%
35
University of
California--Irvine
(Samueli)
Irvine, CA 2.8
In-state, full-
time: $13,321
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $28,423
per year
1,200 766 $471,511 $82,986,000 3.3%
35
University of
Cincinnati
Cincinnati,
OH
2.8
In-state, full-
time: $12,087
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $23,211
per year
962 744 $197,331 $26,639,798 0.0%
39 Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.7
In-state, full-
time: $8,932
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
1,246 740 $144,525 $28,616,000 0.0%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
time: $18,538
per year
39
Michigan State
University
East Lansing,
MI
2.7
In-state, full-
time: $569 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $1,118
per credit
812 745 $305,836 $50,463,000 1.8%
41
Colorado State
University
Fort Collins,
CO
2.6
In-state, full-
time: $8,982
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $20,582
per year
642 727 $593,838 $62,353,000 1.0%
41
Iowa State
University
Ames, IA 2.6
In-state, full-
time: $8,616
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $20,280
per year
997 756 $366,205 $78,368,000 1.9%
41 Lehigh University Bethlehem, 2.6 Full-time: 727 766 $216,028 $22,899,021 9.5%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
(Rossin) PA $1,220 per
credit
41
Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute
Troy, NY 2.6
Full-time:
$41,600 per
year
818 752 $330,519 $50,900,000 2.0%
41 Tufts University Medford, MA 2.6
Full-time:
$25,410 per
year
628 742 $262,859 $18,137,276 2.8%
41
University of
California--
Riverside (Bourns)
Riverside, CA 2.6
In-state, full-
time: $0 per
year, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $15,102
per year
520 753 $424,488 $35,657,073 2.4%
41
University of
Massachusetts--
Amherst
Amherst, MA 2.6
In-state, full-
time: $2,640
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $9,937
per year
825 754 $359,371 $53,546,355 0.7%
48 Northeastern Boston, MA 2.5 Full-time: 1,893 753 $227,292 $31,366,373 1.4%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
University $1,230 per
credit
48
Ohio State
University
Columbus,
OH
2.5
In-state, full-
time: $11,325
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $28,050
per year
1,748 764 $528,675 $126,882,145 2.4%
48
University at
Buffalo--SUNY
Buffalo, NY 2.5
In-state, full-
time: $8,870
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $15,660
per year
1,238 758 $412,525 $55,691,000 2.1%
48
University of
Delaware
Newark, DE 2.5
In-state, full-
time: $25,940
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $25,940
per year
823 748 $386,268 $51,760,000 2.2%
48 University of Los Angeles, 2.5 Full-time: 4,251 765 $990,839 $168,442,795 10.3%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
Southern California
(Viterbi)
CA $27,234 per
year
48
Vanderbilt
University
Nashville, TN 2.5
Full-time:
$1,680 per
credit
450 771 $738,541 $62,776,000 2.4%
54 Drexel University
Philadelphia,
PA
2.4
Full-time:
$27,000 per
year
1,079 730 $276,361 $38,967,000 2.2%
54
Missouri University
of Science &
Technology
Rolla, MO 2.4
In-state, full-
time: $5,881
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $15,183
per year
1,103 727 $200,778 $33,529,977 0.6%
54
Oregon State
University
Corvallis, OR 2.4
In-state, full-
time: $12,861
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $19,476
per year
808 732 $269,068 $31,481,052 0.0%
54 Rutgers, the State Piscataway, 2.4 In-state, full- 931 756 $334,337 $55,500,101 5.1%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
University of New
Jersey--New
Brunswick
NJ time: $14,664
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $23,664
per year
54
Texas A&M
University--
Kingsville
(Dotterweich)
Kingsville, TX 2.4
In-state, full-
time: $1,675
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $7,020
per year
410 710 $41,040 $2,011,000 0.0%
54
University of
Connecticut
Storrs, CT 2.4
In-state, full-
time: $10,224
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $26,532
per year
745 756 $333,992 $41,749,000 1.6%
60
University of
Maryland--
Baltimore County
Baltimore,
MD
2.3
In-state, full-
time: $486 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $804 per
479 N/A $200,347 $11,219,458 0.0%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
credit
60
University of
Oklahoma
Norman, OK 2.3
In-state, full-
time: $4,087
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $14,875
per year
691 721 $224,976 $28,571,983 0.0%
60
University of
Pittsburgh
(Swanson)
Pittsburgh,
PA
2.3
In-state, full-
time: $21,550
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $35,290
per year
942 734 $612,114 $80,799,078 0.7%
63
Oregon Health and
Science University
Portland, OR 2.2
In-state, full-
time: $670 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $670 per
credit
75 707 $697,375 $13,250,139 0.0%
63
University of
Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX 2.2
In-state, full-
time: $382 per
1,001 753 $233,998 $28,547,855 4.6%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $695 per
credit
65
Louisiana State
University--Baton
Rouge
Baton Rouge,
LA
2.1
In-state, full-
time: $5,189
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $18,272
per year
639 737 $149,936 $19,791,641 0.0%
65
University of
Nevada--Reno
Reno, NV 2.1
In-state, full-
time: $277 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $1,032
per credit
326 710 $251,210 $15,072,641 0.0%
65 University of Utah
Salt Lake
City, UT
2.1
In-state, full-
time: $5,771
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $15,523
per year
1,035 752 $469,918 $74,717,000 4.7%
Rank School name Location Score Tuition
Total graduate
engineering
enrollment
Average GRE
quantitative
score (master's
and Ph.D.
students)
Research
expenditures
per faculty
member
Engineering school
research
expenditures
(2010-2011 fiscal
year)
Faculty
membership in
National
Academy of
Engineering
68
Illinois Institute of
Technology
(Armour)
Chicago, IL 2.0
Full-time:
$1,056 per
credit
1,523 739 $265,131 $26,778,304 2.2%
68
New Jersey
Institute of
Technology
Newark, NJ 2.0
In-state, full-
time: $15,960
per year, Out-
of-state, full-
time: $22,672
per year
2,034 708 $302,568 $45,385,335 0.8%
68
University of
Central Florida
Orlando, FL 2.0
In-state, full-
time: $352 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $1,145
per credit
1,309 712 $630,860 $75,072,433 0.8%
68
University of
Vermont
Burlington,
VT
2.0
In-state, full-
time: $537 per
credit, Out-of-
state, full-
time: $1,355
per credit
141 724 $102,190 $3,372,298 3.0%