Top 20 Engineering Grad SchoolsTop 20 Engineering Grad Schools

Here’s a look at the leading engineering graduate programs per the detailed research of U.S. News and World Report.

Rob Spiegel

July 18, 2024

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At a Glance

  • This research offers a deep and wide look at the best US engineering graduate programs.
  • The survey looked at the quality of a school's faculty, research, and post-graduate outcomes.
  • U.S. News also surveyed professionals who hire or work with new graduates.

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.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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