The 50 colleges that score highest for Computer engineering on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke University | NC | Median earnings $174,522 · 100 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | New York University | NY | Median earnings $127,201 · 46 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Median earnings $194,365 · 25 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Southern California | CA | Median earnings $166,369 · 36 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $142,071 · 114 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of California-San Diego | CA | Median earnings $149,139 · 207 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of California-Irvine | CA | Median earnings $132,357 · 234 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | IL | Median earnings $110,609 (field-wide) · 21 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $135,394 · 72 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $148,175 · 56 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $123,731 · 416 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Median earnings $228,705 · 106 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Northeastern University | MA | Median earnings $135,416 · 125 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Median earnings $118,549 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $127,042 · 161 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | IN | Median earnings $102,225 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | GA | Median earnings $128,497 · 171 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Stony Brook University | NY | Median earnings $128,038 · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $159,855 · 392 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $102,373 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $128,140 · 92 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Median earnings $107,138 (field-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $152,422 · 98 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $169,570 · 30 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $122,026 · 192 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $145,422 · 122 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | Median earnings $144,703 · 81 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $120,068 · 107 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $121,462 · 370 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $110,416 · 151 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $110,988 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | Median earnings $124,641 · 154 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | OH | Median earnings $95,909 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | Median earnings $124,037 · 76 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $110,927 · 85 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $115,117 · 82 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Santa Clara University | CA | Median earnings $163,765 · 98 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Dallas | TX | Median earnings $112,666 · 201 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $119,781 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | PA | Median earnings $116,214 · 20 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Villanova University | PA | Median earnings $119,137 · 47 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $112,269 · 71 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $110,417 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $116,842 · 70 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $112,543 · 120 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $109,054 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $94,236 (field-wide) · 21 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | Median earnings $123,027 · 159 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Drexel University | PA | Median earnings $117,537 · 107 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $114,802 · 38 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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