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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$53,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,497 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering 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.

The Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
$59,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Villanova University to be the best value school for computer engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Villanova are $59,020 a year.

Villanova did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Computer Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA
$57,470 Average Tuition & Fees

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.

Lehigh undergraduate students pay an average of $57,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Lehigh excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Computer Engineering at Lehigh University Report

#3

Gannon University

Erie, PA
$35,541 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Gannon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gannon are $35,541 per year.

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#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
$58,524 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Computer Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

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 city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year.

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Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges 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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