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Cost Comparison Chart

The following chart illustrates cost differences for the top-ranked electrical and computer engineering programs. The following costs have been collected from each university’s Web site and include tuition, fees, room, and board for undergraduates. These numbers are annual costs for the 2009-2010 school year and are subject to change.

School

Cost

In-State Discounted Cost

Admissions Page

Illinois

$40,404

$26,262

www.admissions.illinois.edu/cost/tuition_freshman.html

Berkeley

$46,802

$24,132

http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=26

MIT

$48,370*

n/a

http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/costs/

Stanford

$49,782

n/a

www.stanford.edu/dept/finaid/undergrad/budget/index.html

Carnegie Mellon

$51,260

n/a

http://my.cmu.edu/portal/site/admission/costs2
* This number includes 2009-2010 tuition/fees plus 2008-2009 room/board from ASEE at http://profiles.asee.org/.