下面是2015年USNews美国大学美国大学研究生材料工程专业的详细排名：
| 排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 注册人数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA麻省理工学院 | $43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
| #2 | Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL西北大学 | $45,120 per year (full-time) | 1,799 |
| #2 | University of California—Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 765 |
| #2 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校 | $16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
| #5 | Stanford University Stanford, CA斯坦福大学 | $45,480 per year (full-time) | 3,517 |
| #6 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA加州理工学院 | $39,990 per year (full-time) | 569 |
| #6 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY康奈尔大学 | $29,530 per year (full-time) | 1,812 |
| #6 | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA加州大学伯克利分校 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
| #9 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA佐治亚理工学院 | $11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
| #10 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI密歇根大学安娜堡分校 | $22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
| #11 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA卡耐基梅隆大学 | $40,000 per year (full-time) | 3,157 |
| #11 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA宾夕法尼亚州州立大学 | $19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
| #11 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA宾夕法尼亚大学 | $28,768 per year (full-time) | 1,609 |
| #14 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA哈佛大学 | $38,888 per year (full-time) | 449 |
| #15 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL佛罗里达大学 | $12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
| #16 | University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 | $11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
| #17 | Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN普渡大学 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
| #18 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD约翰霍普金斯大学 | $45,470 per year (full-time) | 3,296 |
| #18 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布分校 | $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
| #18 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY伦斯勒理工学院 | $45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
| #21 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC北卡罗莱纳州立大学罗利分校 | $7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
