Computer Engineering at Northwestern University

Every computer engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CE program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in CE from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE
• Doctorate Degree in CE

Northwestern Computer Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CE major at Northwestern 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 Popular Computer Engineering Schools	78

In 2021, 43 students received their master’s degree in CE from Northwestern. This makes it the #27 most popular school for CE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in CE, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The CE program at Northwestern awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women. The typical CE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Northwestern Computer Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 43 CE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 79% were men and 21% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.