The application fee is $75 for U.S. residents and $75 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $41,770 per year. The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 5.5:1. The School of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 380 full-time faculty on staff.

The application fee is $125 for U.S. residents and $125 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $43,950 per year. The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 8.1:1. The School of Engineering at Stanford University has 219 full-time faculty on staff.

The application fee is $80 for U.S. residents and $100 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $11,220 per year (in-state) and full-time: $26,322 per year (out-of-state). The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 5.9:1. The College of Engineering at University of California--Berkeley has 247 full-time faculty on staff.

The Division of Engineering and Applied Science at California Institute of Technology has an application deadline of December 15. The application fee is $100 for U.S. residents and $100 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $38,084 per year. The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 6.1:1. The Division of Engineering and Applied Science at California Institute of Technology has 92 full-time faculty on staff.

The Institute of Technology at Carnegie Mellon University has a rolling application deadline. The application fee is $65 for U.S. residents and $65 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $38,900 per year and part-time: $1,620 per credit. The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 5.2:1. The Institute of Technology at Carnegie Mellon University has 237 full-time faculty on staff.

The College of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology has a rolling application deadline. The application fee is $50 for U.S. residents and $50 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $10,584 per year (in-state); full-time: $26,860 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $441 per credit (in-state); and part-time: $1,120 per credit (out-of-state). The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 4.4:1. The College of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology has 508 full-time faculty on staff.

The College of Engineering at University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign has a rolling application deadline. The application fee is $50 for U.S. residents and $75 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $16,352 per year (in-state); full-time: $29,618 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $10,902 per year (in-state); and part-time: $19,746 per year (out-of-state). The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 4.4:1. The College of Engineering at University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign has 386 full-time faculty on staff.

The College of Engineering at Purdue University--West Lafayette has a rolling application deadline. The application fee is $60 for U.S. residents and $75 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $10,332 per year (in-state); full-time: $29,134 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $329 per credit (in-state); and part-time: $930 per credit (out-of-state). The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 4.9:1. The College of Engineering at Purdue University--West Lafayette has 339 full-time faculty on staff.