Top 20 Engineering Grad Schools

We often look at leading engineering schools measured by pay for bachelor’s programs (Top 20 Engineering Schools by Salary) or grad schools (Top Engineering Grad Programs by Pay). This list from U.S. News and World Report goes beyond evaluated grad programs by pay alone.

The Best Graduate Schools rankings from U.S. News were derived from the company’s annual survey. The survey looks at opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students and their post-graduate outcomes.

Data for the rankings came from statistical surveys of 2,225 programs and from reputation surveys sent to approximately 5,766 academics and 10,941 professionals, conducted in fall 2023 and early 2024. To gather the peer assessment data, U.S. News asked deans, program directors and senior faculty to judge the academic quality of programs in their field. U.S. News also surveyed professionals who hire or work with new graduates.

This research offers a deep and wide view of the best US engineering graduate programs.