by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 16,954 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In , computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $73,421 and had an average of $22,782 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12,226 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major” ranking analyzed 345 colleges that offered a degree in computer engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in computer engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree ce students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Polytechnic University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this small public school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ce students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 345 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 61 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ce students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology Computer Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Merced. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major. UC Merced is a medium-sized public school situated in Merced, California. It awarded 219 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of California - Merced Computer Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major. Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Computer Engineering Report
With a ranking of #6, DigiPen Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Digipen is located in Redmond, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s ce degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at DigiPen Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. WIT is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 34 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 149 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Kettering University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Kettering is a private not-for-profit institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Kettering University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking, coming in at #10. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 24 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Embry-Riddle Prescott
With a ranking of #11, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, this fairly large public school awarded 111 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ce students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Benedict College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. Benedict College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 9 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
Iowa State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking, coming in at #13. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 295 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
Michigan Technological University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Located in Houghton, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ce students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan Technological University Computer Engineering Report
St. Mary’s University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. St. Mary’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico - Orlando ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico - Orlando is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s ce degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico - Orlando
With a ranking of #17, Capitol Technology University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Capitol Tech is a small school located in Laurel, Maryland that handed out 5 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Capitol Technology University
Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. Stevens is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 111 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
San Jose State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. San Jose State is a public institution located in San Jose, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 248 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at San Jose State University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ce degrees to 318 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
With a ranking of #21, Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 71 bachelors’s ce degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Bucknell University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. Bucknell University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 32 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ce degrees to 404 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Santa Clara University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. Santa Clara, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ce degrees to 83 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major ranking. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 158 bachelors’s ce degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ’top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | University of Michigan - Dearborn | Dearborn, MI |
| 52 | Claflin University | Orangeburg, SC |
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