Students interested in this specialty may want out check out Johns Hopkins University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), according to U.S. News and World Report. Tuition for Johns Hopkins will run about $40,000 per year; about $7,000 in-state and $25,000 out-of-state for Georgia Institute of Technology; and $0 for in-state and about $15,000 for out-of-state at UC San Diego.
More schools crowded the field for the top spots in this specialty. UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have the top two spots, but four schools tied for third place, giving students more choices in applying to the top schools in this field. In addition to the Georgia Institute of Technology and Stanford, they should check out Purdue University and the University of Texas Austin (UT Austin). Tuition for Stanford will run about $40,000 per year. In-state students pay $0 at UC Berkeley while out-of-state students will pay about $15,000. Depending on residency status, tuition ranges from $13,500 to $27,000 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; $9,000 to $26,000 at Purdue's main campus in West Lafayette, Ind.; and from $8,000 to $15,500 at UT Austin.
Those interested in aerospace should look at MIT, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Stanford. They can also check out the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan. Tuition at Caltech runs around $34,000, while MIT will cost students about $38,000 per year. Students interested in attending Michigan's main campus at Ann Arbor can expect to pay between $20,000 to a about $37,000, depending on their residency status upon entering the program.
People choosing this specialty may be future innovators of a cleaner energy solution. According to U.S. News and World Report, they may want to check out Michigan, the University of Wisconsin Madison, MIT, Texas A&M University College Station and Penn State University. Tuition ranges from about $10,500 to about $25,000 at the University of Wisconsin Madison, while Penn State will cost students between $14,000 and $25,000. Texas A&M University College Station charges in-state students $222 per credit and $503 per credit for out-of-state students.