2024 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in computer engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 27 doctor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The ce doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computer engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Computer Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for computer engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

4 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

12 Annual Graduates

University of Delaware is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Delaware

3

George Washington University
Washington, DC

It's difficult to beat George Washington University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from George Washington University

4

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ

4 Annual Graduates

Stevens Institute of Technology is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology

5

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

4 Annual Graduates

NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology

6

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

UMBC is a large public university located in the large suburb of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	4
New York	174	3
Maryland	119	0
New Jersey	115	8
District of Columbia	81	0
Delaware	53	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to CE

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Computer Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

CE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	23
Software Engineering	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	361
Mechanical Engineering	276
Chemical Engineering	231
Biomedical Engineering	205
Civil Engineering	141
Materials Engineering	103
General Engineering	69
Industrial Engineering	56
Operations Research	34
Environmental Engineering	24

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.