​Thinking about applying to graduate school? Whether you're interested in pursuing a graduate degree in engineering, or attending law school or business school, there are some big decisions to make. To help students find the right school for them, U.S. News & World Report surveys more than 1,900 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.

Here, we offer a sneak peek at the 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

U.S. News surveyed 215​ schools granting doctoral degrees in engineering. In alphabetical order, here are the top 10 engineering schools.

California Institute of Technology School (name) (state) Carnegie Mellon University (PA) School (name) (state) Georgia Institute of Technology School (name) (state) Massachusetts Institute of Technology School (name) (state) Purdue University—West Lafayette (IN) School (name) (state) Stanford University (CA) School (name) (state) University of California—Berkeley School (name) (state) University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign School (name) (state) University of Michigan—Ann Arbor School (name) (state) University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell) School (name) (state) School (name) (state) California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University (PA) Georgia Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Purdue University—West Lafayette (IN) Stanford University (CA) University of California—Berkeley University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign University of Michigan—Ann Arbor University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)

The actual ranking and score of these and other graduate schools will be available March 16, 2016, on usnews.com. Use #BestGradSchools to continue the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.