2024 Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in computer engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of computer engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 234 bachelor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

The ce bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges 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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of computer engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Engineering in Alabama

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for computer engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Alabama Schools for a Bachelor's in CE

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

123 Annual Graduates

$63,168 Median Starting Salary

$22,125 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Auburn University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. Auburn is a very large public university located in the small city of Auburn.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the ce program earn an average of $63,168 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from Auburn University

2

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL

59 Annual Graduates

$67,328 Median Starting Salary

$26,825 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of Alabama in Huntsville if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the city of Huntsville, UAH is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the computer engineering program at University of Alabama in Huntsville earn $2,080 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville

3

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

32 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from The University of Alabama

4

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

20 Annual Graduates

$26,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of South Alabama if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. USA is a large public university located in the midsize city of Mobile.More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of South Alabama

Best Computer Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Computer Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	753
Georgia	224	295
Tennessee	220	78
North Carolina	213	335
Virginia	213	379
South Carolina	195	126
Kentucky	187	117
Louisiana	171	23
Mississippi	169	65
Arkansas	167	42
West Virginia	147	28

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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	227
Other Computer Engineering	7

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	922
Civil Engineering	384
Chemical Engineering	346
Electrical Engineering	341
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	291
Industrial Engineering	163
Architectural Engineering	139
Biological Engineering	56
Biomedical Engineering	41
Materials Engineering	32

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.