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.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | |||||||||||
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| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data | |||||||
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
5.0 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 |
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| #2 |
University of California‒Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.9 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 | ||||||||
| #3 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
4.7 | $38,900 per year (full-time) | 2,857 | ||||||||
| #4 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
4.6 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | ||||||||
| #5 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
4.2 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | ||||||||
| #5 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.2 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 | ||||||||
| #5 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.2 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | ||||||||
| #5 |
University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.2 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | ||||||||
| #9 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.1 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | ||||||||
| #10 |
Purdue University‒West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.0 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | ||||||||
| #11 |
University of Wisconsin‒Madison
Madison, WI |
3.9 | $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,903 | ||||||||
| #12 |
University of California‒San Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA |
3.8 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,614 | ||||||||
| #12 |
University of Southern California (Viterbi)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.8 | $28,242 per year (full-time) | 4,398 | ||||||||
| #12 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
3.8 | $13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,030 | ||||||||
| #15 |
University of Maryland‒College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD |
3.6 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 | ||||||||
| #16 |
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
New York, NY |
3.5 | $47,340 per year (full-time) | 2,525 | ||||||||
| #16 |
Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX |
3.5 | $36,610 per year (full-time) | 716 | ||||||||
| #16 |
Texas A&M; University‒College Station (Look)
College Station, TX |
3.5 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | ||||||||
| #19 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
3.4 | $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,738 | ||||||||
| #19 |
University of California‒Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA |
3.4 | $12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 760 | ||||||||
| #19 |
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA |
3.4 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
3.3 | $37,576 per year (full-time) | 404 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD |
3.3 | $43,930 per year (full-time) | 3,434 | ||||||||
| #22 |
University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
3.3 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | ||||||||
| #25 |
Duke University (Pratt)
Durham, NC |
3.2 | $42,350 per year (full-time) | 944 | ||||||||
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