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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$30,682 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,951 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 310 degrees and certificates were awarded to computer engineering students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #43 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for CE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Computer Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Villanova are $21,199 a year.

Villanova not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Computer Engineering at Villanova University Report

#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 per year.

Lehigh not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Computer Engineering at Lehigh University Report

#3

Gannon University

Erie, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gannon University is a great value for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Gannon graduate students pay an average of $20,660 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at Gannon University Report

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Carnegie Mellon University is a great value for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Carnegie Mellon is ranked #1 for overall quality for CE in Pennsylvania.

Full Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Report

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

Full Computer Engineering at Drexel University Report

Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 515
Maryland 10
New Jersey 169
District of Columbia 5
Delaware 38

One of 39 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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