2025 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Computer Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #60 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 101 doctor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for computer engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 in the Southeast Region.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

15 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Virginia Tech

2

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

24 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in computer engineering needs to check out Auburn University. Auburn is a very large public university located in the city of Auburn.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Auburn University

3

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

11 Annual Graduates

University of South Florida - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering. USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the city of Tampa.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of South Florida - Main Campus

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	41
Virginia	127	11
North Carolina	115	4
Mississippi	113	0
Louisiana	103	3
Tennessee	102	8
Alabama	98	12
South Carolina	91	16
Kentucky	87	5

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Computer Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

CE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	101

Most Popular Majors Related to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	528
Mechanical Engineering	295
Civil Engineering	286
Biomedical Engineering	283
General Engineering	209
Chemical Engineering	161
Materials Engineering	131
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	102
Industrial Engineering	92
Other Engineering	71

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.