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Of the 71 Public Master's Engineering universities in the United States, University of California, Los Angeles ranks highest at #40 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Georgia Institute of Technology (QS World #123) and Vanderbilt University (QS World #250). Across the whole list there are 178 courses to choose from.
71 universities · ranked best first
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10 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #40 (University of California, Los Angeles) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of California, Los Angeles has the largest research record in this group, with 52,934,262 citations and an h-index of 1,659. 6 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 71 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Washington (2) and Puerto Rico (1) account for the most of those we can place. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the largest, with 9,539 students.
Within the subject, the largest areas are Engineering (171), Biomedical Engineering (2), Civil Engineering (1) and Electrical & Electronic Engineering (1). The usual length is 1–2 years and null. 87% are full-time and 18 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Montana Tech offers the widest choice, with 15 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 3 of these universities. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at USD 5,274 a year and University of Washington-Tacoma Campus the most at USD 43,404; the middle of the range is about USD 43,155. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
University of California, Los Angeles (QS World #40), Georgia Institute of Technology (QS World #123) and Vanderbilt University (QS World #250) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at about USD 5,274 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
71 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1–2 years, with null the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
18 of these courses are listed as online.
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