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Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools

There are 426 colleges that offer a degree in Computer Engineering. Ranked by yearly graduations, here are the most popular below:

Finding the Best Computer Engineering School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which Computer Engineering program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you’re no longer limited to schools in your local area.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 426 schools in the United States to see which Computer Engineering programs were the most popular. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school’s program.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools.

The most popular school in the United States for Computer Engineering students is Northeastern University. Located in Boston, MA, this is a private nonprofit institution. This school awarded 1,233 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $74,155. Read More…

San Jose State University landed the #2 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. San Jose State University is a public school located in San Jose, CA. This school awarded 635 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $58,993. Read More…

Ohio State University-Main Campus landed the #3 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Ohio State University-Main Campus is a public school located in Columbus, OH. This school awarded 511 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $49,087. Read More…

#4

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #4 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. New York University is a private nonprofit school located in New York, NY. During the most recent year for which we have data, 510 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $59,956. Read full report on Computer Engineering at New York University

Arizona State University Campus Immersion comes in at #5 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Arizona State University Campus Immersion is a public school located in Tempe, AZ. During the most recent year for which we have data, 508 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $48,210. Read full report on Computer Engineering at Arizona State University Campus Immersion

North Carolina State University at Raleigh comes in at #6 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public school located in Raleigh, NC. During the most recent year for which we have data, 417 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $50,866. Full Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University at Raleigh Report

#7

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University landed the #7 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Santa Clara, CA, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 409 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $72,660. Full Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University Report

University of California-Irvine comes in at #8 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Located in Irvine, CA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 397 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $40,474. Full Computer Engineering at University of California-Irvine Report

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign landed the #9 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Champaign, IL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 392 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $53,513. Full Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Report

#10

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Western Governors University landed the #10 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Salt Lake City, UT, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 388 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $74,978. Read full report on Computer Engineering at Western Governors University

#11

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University-Main Campus comes in at #11 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Purdue University-Main Campus is a public school located in West Lafayette, IN. During the most recent year for which we have data, 370 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $61,124. Read full report on Computer Engineering at Purdue University-Main Campus

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University landed the #12 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public school located in Blacksburg, VA. This school awarded 325 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $59,604. Full Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Report

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor comes in at #13 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Located in Ann Arbor, MI, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 316 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $64,597. Read More…

Texas A&M University-College Station landed the #14 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Located in College Station, TX, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 306 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $54,018. Read full report on Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University-College Station

The University of Texas at Dallas comes in at #15 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public school located in Richardson, TX. This school awarded 297 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $52,687. Read More…

University of California-San Diego landed the #16 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. University of California-San Diego is a public school located in La Jolla, CA. This school awarded 291 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $44,612. Read full report on Computer Engineering at University of California-San Diego

Iowa State University landed the #17 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Iowa State University is a public school located in Ames, IA. This school awarded 256 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $50,667. Read More…

#18

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #18 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Carnegie Mellon University is a private nonprofit school located in Pittsburgh, PA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 239 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $88,268. Full Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Report

#19

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA

Kennesaw State University comes in at #19 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Located in Kennesaw, GA, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 217 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $48,335. Read More…

Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #20 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Stevens Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit school located in Hoboken, NJ. This school awarded 214 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $83,442. Read More…

University of California-Merced comes in at #21 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Located in Merced, CA, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 202 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $39,692. Full Computer Engineering at University of California-Merced Report

Rochester Institute of Technology comes in at #22 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Located in Rochester, NY, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 195 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $64,393. Read full report on Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

#23

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University landed the #23 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. Duke University is a private nonprofit school located in Durham, NC. This school awarded 189 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $74,497. Full Computer Engineering at Duke University Report

The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #24 spot in our Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools ranking. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public school located in Arlington, TX. During the most recent year for which we have data, 178 people earned their degree in Computer Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $64,801. Read More…

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus comes in at #25 on our list of the most popular colleges for Computer Engineering majors. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus is a public school located in Atlanta, GA. This school awarded 171 degrees in Computer Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $87,556. Full Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Report

#26

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
#28

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
#30

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY
#31

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL
#32

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
#42

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
#47

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for this major that just missed the list above.

Rank College Location
51 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
52 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD
53 Boston University Boston, MA
54 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA
55 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
56 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ
57 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
58 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
59 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR
60 University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX
61 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
62 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
63 Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI
64 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
65 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH
66 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA
67 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
68 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
69 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO
70 Ashford University San Diego, CA
71 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
72 Villanova University Villanova, PA
73 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA
74 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
75 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
76 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
77 Clemson University Clemson, SC
78 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA
79 University of South Florida Tampa, FL
80 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL
81 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR
82 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
83 Brigham Young University Provo, UT
84 California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA
85 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
86 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
87 University of North Texas Denton, TX
88 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
89 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID
90 Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH
91 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX
92 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
93 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA
94 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
95 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN
96 Boise State University Boise, ID
97 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL
98 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
99 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA
100 Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI
101 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL
102 University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI
103 Washington State University Pullman, WA
104 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
105 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
106 Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
107 Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI
108 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM
109 Binghamton University Vestal, NY
110 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
111 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
112 University of Houston Houston, TX
113 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
114 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
115 Utah Valley University Orem, UT
116 CUNY City College New York, NY
117 University of Delaware Newark, DE
118 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC
119 California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA
120 North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND
121 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR
122 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
123 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
124 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
125 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN
126 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
127 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC
128 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA
129 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
130 University of Georgia Athens, GA
131 California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA
132 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO
133 Kettering University Flint, MI
134 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
135 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
136 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK
137 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA
138 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ
139 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA
140 Utah State University Logan, UT
141 Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH
142 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX
143 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI
144 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA
145 St. Mary’s University San Antonio, TX
146 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
147 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI
148 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
149 Snow College Ephraim, UT
150 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
151 DePaul University Chicago, IL
152 Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
153 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK
154 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN
155 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
156 California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA
157 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL
158 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
159 Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN
160 University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA
161 Florida Polytechnic University Lakeland, FL
162 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
163 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
164 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA
165 Trine University Angola, IN
166 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
167 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
168 Manhattan University Riverdale, NY
169 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS
170 University of Maine Orono, ME
171 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI
172 Wichita State University Wichita, KS
173 University of Memphis Memphis, TN
174 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
175 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
176 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
177 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA
178 Tufts University Medford, MA
179 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
180 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL
181 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
182 California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA
183 Howard University Washington, DC
184 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
185 George Washington University Washington, DC
186 Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI
187 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
188 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
189 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
190 Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN
191 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD
192 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
193 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
194 Gannon University Erie, PA
195 Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN
196 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO
197 University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN
198 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI
199 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
200 Portland State University Portland, OR

Computer Engineering by Region

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More Computer Engineering Rankings

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Computer Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering 13,508
Software Engineering 5,994
Other Computer Engineering 404
Computer Hardware Engineering 80
Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 42,939
Electrical Engineering 26,760
Civil Engineering 20,005
Biomedical Engineering 13,914
General Engineering 13,411

References

*The average salary above is for the top 25 schools only.

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