The Best Graduate Schools Offering Computer Engineering Programs in the United States
Majors Overview September 2, 2015This article talks about the best computer engineering graduate schools and information about those schools.
Overview of Schools Offering Graduate Programs in Computer Engineering
Two of the best graduate degree programs in computer engineering are available through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The schools offer both master’s and doctoral degrees and are both highly rated by Times Higher Education and the U.S. News & World Report for their electrical engineering programs. Varying by program and school, students will learn about artificial intelligence and robotics, and may get the opportunity of studying abroad. In this article, we take a look at these and other top schools for computer engineering in the United States:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In 2009, Times Higher Education rated the University of Illinois 25th best among the 200 best universities around the world. The U.S. News & World Report ranked it 5th on its 2014 list of top U.S. graduate schools for computer engineering. Various programs are available through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). These include a joint program leading to a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Science (M.S.) in ECE, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Master of Science (M.S.). The faculty of the department performs research in various ECE fields, such as computer architecture, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta
In 2009, Times Higher Education rated Georgia Tech – a technological research university that belongs to the University System of Georgia – 12th best among the 200 best universities around the world. The U.S. News & World Report ranked it 7th on its 2014 list of top U.S. graduate schools for computer engineering. Georgia Tech offers both a Ph.D. and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Computer systems and software comprise one of the ten research groups of the ECE department. Topics covered by the research group include computer networks, computer architecture, and system software.
List of Schools Offering Graduate Programs in Computer Engineering
| School Name | Total Student Enrollment | Location |
| Ohio State University | Ohio State University’s computer and electrical engineering department has fifty-eight faculty members, twenty of whom are Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellows | Columbus, OH |
| Princeton University | Princeton University was ranked number one among all universities according to the U.S. News and World Report in 2015 | Princeton, NJ |
| Purdue University | Over 700 students around the world attend the master’s programs in the computer and electrical engineering department | West Lafayette, IN |
| Texas A&M University | Texas A&M University computer and electrical engineering department boasts twenty-two faculty members who have received the National Science Foundation Career Award | College Station, TX |
| University of California – Los Angeles | Four research centers concentrating on areas such as scalable analytics and computation security | Los Angeles, CA |
| University of Michigan – Ann Arbor | The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor was ranked sixth as having one of the top graduate program in computer engineering according to the U.S. News and World Report in 2015 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| University of Texas – Austin | There are nine different academic tracks for graduat students to select from within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department | Austin, TX |
