Computer Engineering

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools

For future software developers, software engineers, or programmers, a graduate degree in computer engineering combines training in electrical engineering and computer science. These are the top graduate schools for computer engineering.

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Rankings Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) Engineering school research expenditures (2011-2012 fiscal year) Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering Peer assessment score (out of 5) Ph.D.s granted Recruiter assessment score (out of 5) Research expenditures per faculty member
#85 Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

2.0 $795 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,068 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 210
#31 Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.0 $35,500 per year (full-time) 217
#85 University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

2.0 $11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 230
#46 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

Hanover, NH

2.7 $43,782 per year (full-time) 289
#38 Brown University

Providence, RI

2.9 $42,808 per year (full-time) 323
#53 University of California–​Santa Cruz (Baskin)

Santa Cruz, CA

2.5 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 334
#62 Brigham Young University (Fulton)

Provo, UT

2.3 $17,850 per year (full-time) 375
#22 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

3.3 $37,576 per year (full-time) 404
#53 University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

2.5 $7,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,064 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 418
#85 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

2.0 $327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 496
#41 University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

2.8 $42,350 per year (full-time) 501
#85 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

2.0 $10,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 520
#46 University of California–​Riverside (Bourns)

Riverside, CA

2.7 $14,646 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#53 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

2.5 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 547
#9 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.1 $38,650 per year (full-time) 574
#71 University of Maryland–​Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

2.2 $510 per credit (in-state, full-time); $844 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 587
#71 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

2.2 $330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 593
#85 University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

2.0 $175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $654 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 597
#80 University of Nebraska–​Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

2.1 $394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 599
#85 University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

2.0 $6,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,856 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 618
#46 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.7 $37,120 per year (full-time) 633
#71 Binghamton University–​SUNY (Watson)

Binghamton, NY

2.2 $9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 664
#31 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

3.0 $13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 667
#62 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

2.3 $6,592 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,208 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 712
#16 Rice University (Brown)

Houston, TX

3.5 $36,610 per year (full-time) 716

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