Best Colleges by Major / Computer Engineering

Best Colleges for Computer Engineering 2025

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Computer Engineering graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Computer Engineering Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	$168,957	$41,913	92%	5,228
2	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$168,957	$41,997	43%	31,588
3	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	$159,782	$59,241	44%	6,235
4	Duke University Durham, NC	$137,144	$65,805	7%	6,417
5	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$135,287	$58,014	17%	17,315
6	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	$127,592	$6,496	69%	32,221
7	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$126,160	$46,042	25%	33,787
8	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$122,307	$30,995	30%	21,521
9	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$122,137	$34,501	44%	34,623
10	Northeastern University Boston, MA	$121,329	$63,141	6%	15,719
11	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	$120,745	$46,024	42%	31,777
12	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	$118,191	$45,337	63%	17,812
13	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$115,744	$60,952	43%	4,084
14	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$114,658	$45,742	28%	23,205
15	Villanova University Villanova, PA	$111,769	$64,701	25%	7,005
16	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$110,766	$56,674	73%	2,224
17	Boston University Boston, MA	$110,259	$65,168	11%	17,850
18	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	$109,618	$39,293	58%	23,694
19	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$108,499	$40,306	45%	30,246
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$107,608	$58,072	18%	33,488