2025 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
52Doctor's Degrees
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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 52 doctor's degrees in computer engineering to qualified students.
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
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 colleges for computer engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in CE
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.