| Ranking | University | City | State | Tuition | Enrollment |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | MA | $51,832 | 4 |
| #2 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | MI | $49,350 (out-of-state) | 2 |
| #3 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA | $55,584 | 1 |
| #4 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | West Lafayette | IN | $28,804 (out-of-state) | 3 |
| #5 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | PA | $55,465 | 6 |
| #6 | University of California--Berkeley | Berkeley | CA | $43,232 (out-of-state) | 3 |
| #7 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | GA | $33,020 (out-of-state) | 1 |
| #7 | Michigan State University | East Lansing | MI | $39,750 (out-of-state) | 3 |
| #9 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Columbus | OH | $30,742 (out-of-state) | 4 |
| #10 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | NC | $35,169 (out-of-state) | 1 |
| #11 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | University Park | PA | $34,858 (out-of-state) | 4 |
| #12 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Bloomington | IN | $35,456 (out-of-state) | 3 |
| #12 | University of Texas--Austin | Austin | TX | $37,480 (out-of-state) | 4 |
