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CIP 14.0901 Engineering

Computer Engineering, General

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

13,834

2025 · 302 schools

International share

25.3%

3,503 international students

Bachelor's degrees

9,972

10.4% international

Master's degrees

3,428

63.7% international

Overview

Computer Engineering, General is an interdisciplinary field that combines elements of electrical engineering and computer science to develop computer systems and hardware. This program equips students with a solid foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of computer engineering. Students learn about microprocessors, embedded systems, digital circuits, and computer architecture while also gaining skills in software development, programming languages, and system design.

The curriculum typically includes courses on data structures, algorithms, computer networks, and operating systems, emphasizing both hardware and software integration. This dual focus prepares graduates to tackle complex engineering problems and design innovative solutions that meet the demands of modern technology.

Career opportunities for computer engineering graduates are diverse and robust. They can work in various sectors such as telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive industry, and information technology. Typical roles include hardware engineer, software developer, systems architect, and network engineer. The field is continuously evolving, with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) offering new challenges and opportunities for innovation.

Moreover, computer engineering graduates are well-positioned for advanced studies and research in specialized areas like robotics, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. Overall, pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering, General provides a comprehensive education and equips students with the critical skills needed to thrive in a rapidly changing technological landscape.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 83% and the international share went from 20.7% to 25.3%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
32.6%
Asian
20.5%
Hispanic
11.1%
Black
4.2%
Other
6.2%
Intl.
25.3%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 302 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#3 Harvard University Massachusetts 43 25
#7 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 11 6
#8 Duke University North Carolina 164 64
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 86 56
#9 Johns Hopkins University Maryland 9 1
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 64 41
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 45 24
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 7 2
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 87 9
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 88 43
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 369 116
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 72 17
#27 University of Southern California California 150 97
#29 University of California-San Diego California 286 96
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia 132 22
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 26 11
#31 New York University New York 398 337
#34 University of California-Davis California 102 18
#34 University of California-Irvine California 272 104
#34 University of Florida Florida 131 6
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 458 140
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 116 27
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 82 17
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 139 35
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 45 3
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 54 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 21 6
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 571 135
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 31 7
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 88 5
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 28 4
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 33 0
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 345 92
#55 Santa Clara University California 332 215
#55 University of Miami Florida 4 1
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 93 21
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 455 96
#59 George Washington University D.C. 14 6
#59 Florida State University Florida 42 0
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 73 16
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 59 6
#59 Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey 96 16
#59 Stony Brook University New York 121 63
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 76 2
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 277 100
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 64 8
#69 University of California-Merced California 201 0
#72 Syracuse University New York 60 21
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 116 28
#73 Howard University D.C. 16 4
#73 Binghamton University New York 80 20
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 311 118
#80 University of California-Riverside California 93 38
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 72 17
#80 Clemson University South Carolina 73 12
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 50 17
#85 New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey 78 13
#85 University at Buffalo New York 34 2
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 13 6
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 11 1
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 11 0
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 55 4
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 9 1
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 82 9
#100 Auburn University Alabama 89 41
#100 Chapman University California 5 0
#100 Florida International University Florida 139 7
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 69 35
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 63 11
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 7 0
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 149 10
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 10 3
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 13 0
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 31 5
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 131 28
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 45 3
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 10 0
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 255 98
#121 University of the Pacific California 7 1
#121 University of Denver Colorado 8 3
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 182 36
#121 Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois 37 12
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 11 0
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 40 10
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 31 1
#121 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 158 51
#121 George Mason University Virginia 100 21
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 13 0
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 1 1
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 65 3
#137 San Diego State University California 72 8
#137 San Jose State University California 134 36
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 54 12
#137 Clarkson University New York 16 1
#137 University of Scranton Pennsylvania 5 0
#137 University of Houston Texas 56 4
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 1 0
#148 Mercer University Georgia 6 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 21 4
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 32 1
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 77 10
#148 University of Tulsa Oklahoma 13 4
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 31 0
#156 The University of Alabama Alabama 26 0
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 82 25
#156 Florida A&M University Florida 5 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 22 1
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 17 0
#156 CUNY--City College New York 31 1
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 25 0
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 40 14
#169 Bradley University Illinois 10 0
#169 Michigan Technological University Michigan 58 1
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 24 0
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 75 15
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 146 20
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 3 0
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 95 42
#179 University of Utah Utah 43 6
#179 Seattle University Washington 3 0
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 24 0
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 6 3
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 40 3
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 36 7
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 54 10
#191 Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri 75 3
#191 Hofstra University New York 6 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 46 2
#191 Washington State University Washington 13 2
#202 Sacred Heart University Connecticut 3 0
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 14 0
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 10 1
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 7 0
#208 California State University--Fresno California 40 16
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 41 7
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 11 0
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 43 3
#208 Ohio Northern University Ohio 7 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 72 46
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 26 0
#219 Gannon University Pennsylvania 10 10
#227 San Francisco State University California 50 16
#227 University of Michigan-Dearborn Michigan 70 7
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 55 4
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 30 1
#236 Florida Institute of Technology Florida 55 33
#236 Bethel University Minnesota 3 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 20 0
#236 University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 82 43
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 15 1
#236 Portland State University Oregon 27 4
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 65 9
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 17 9
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 29 1
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 6 0
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 52 1
#262 University of Maine Maine 25 4
#262 Western New England University Massachusetts 8 0
#262 Central Michigan University Michigan 9 2
#262 George Fox University Oregon 4 0
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 19 5
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 4 1
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 15 0
#276 Harding University Arkansas 4 0
#276 University of New Haven Connecticut 3 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 15 3
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 6 0
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 15 6
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 9 1
#288 University of Indianapolis Indiana 1 0
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 17 2
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 25 0
#288 Utah State University Utah 19 0
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 6 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 2 0
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 61 16
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 19 1
#308 Oakland University Michigan 26 0
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 7 1
#308 Montana State University Montana 17 0
#317 Prairie View A&M University Texas 10 1
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 21 0
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 21 0
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 6 0
#332 Texas A&M University--Kingsville Texas 2 1
#342 University of Akron Ohio 14 1
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 20 4
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 45 4
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 9 0
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 6 3
#353 University of Houston--Clear Lake Texas 39 20
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 13 1
#365 Liberty University Virginia 11 0
#376 University of Bridgeport Connecticut 16 11
#376 Tennessee State University Tennessee 6 2
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 3 0
#382 Grand Canyon University Arizona 1 0
#382 University of Colorado--Colorado Springs Colorado 12 1
#382 Colorado Technical University Colorado 1 0
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 1 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 36 10
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 1 0
#382 Regent University Virginia 7 0
#382 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Puerto Rico 19 0
LAC #3 United States Naval Academy Maryland 10 1
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 35 5
LAC #44 Union College New York 9 3
LAC #85 Stonehill College Massachusetts 3 1
LAC #119 Christopher Newport University Virginia 14 0
LAC #146 Claflin University South Carolina 5 0
LAC #172 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 20 0
LAC #181 Bethune-Cookman University Florida 1 0
LAC #184 Fort Lewis College Colorado 4 1
— Oklahoma Christian University Oklahoma 129 0
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 118 3
— California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo California 89 0
— California State University-Northridge California 81 38
— Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Pennsylvania 59 2
— University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Puerto Rico 51 6
— Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Indiana 49 4
— Texas A & M International University Texas 42 3
— Wentworth Institute of Technology Massachusetts 38 2
— Milwaukee School of Engineering Wisconsin 38 0
— California State University--San Bernardino California 34 0
— Florida Polytechnic University Florida 33 3
— Kettering University Michigan 26 2
— Manhattan University New York 25 0
— Lawrence Technological University Michigan 23 18
— Grand Valley State University Michigan 21 1
— State University of New York at New Paltz New York 15 0
— Purdue University Northwest Indiana 15 1
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Pennsylvania 14 9
— Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana 13 1
— Valparaiso University Indiana 13 0
— Weber State University Utah 13 1
— University of Washington-Bothell Campus Washington 13 1
— University of Fairfax Virginia 13 0
— California State University--East Bay California 12 0
— University of West Florida Florida 12 0
— Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Florida 11 1
— American National University-Louisville Kentucky 11 0
— The College of New Jersey New Jersey 11 0
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Pennsylvania 11 1

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Software Developers 1,687,890 $71.20 $148,100
Architectural and Engineering Managers 220,260 $87.28 $181,540
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 186,740 $53.60 $111,490
Computer Network Architects 179,740 $67.11 $139,580
Computer Hardware Engineers 76,660 $78.21 $162,670
Database Architects 67,140 $69.44 $144,440
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 40,270 — $124,520

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.