Computer Engineering at Christopher Newport University

If you are interested in studying computer engineering, you may want to check out the program at Christopher Newport University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,868. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Christopher Newport University in 2021, 18 of them were computer engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CNU Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

CNU Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE progam at CNU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CE major at CNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67

CE Student Demographics at CNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CE majors at Christopher Newport University.

CNU Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in CE from CNU. About 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CE at CNU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CNU also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Christopher Newport University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Computer Hardware Engineers	1,340	$119,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tony Alter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.