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2024 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

57 Colleges in the United States
386 Doctor's Degrees
a doctor's degree in computer engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #60 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 57 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of computer engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 386 doctor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools Your choice of computer engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality ce program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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The ce school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Engineering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1
19 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Notre Dame

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36 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in computer engineering. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

3
6 Annual Graduates

Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Northwestern University

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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
6 Annual Graduates

Santa Clara University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Santa Clara University

5
3 Annual Graduates

USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Southern California

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2 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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2 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Washington University in St Louis

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4 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

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28 Annual Graduates

Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Ohio State University - Main Campus

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16 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
10 Northeastern University Boston, MA
11 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
12 Boston University Boston, MA
13 University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA
14 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Computer Engineering by Region

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Computer Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

CE Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering 365
Software Engineering 16
Computer Hardware Engineering 5

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 2,179
Mechanical Engineering 1,634
Biomedical Engineering 1,096
Chemical Engineering 1,087
Civil Engineering 1,086
Materials Engineering 712
General Engineering 477
Industrial Engineering 370
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 361
Other Engineering 182

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