Computer Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a total student population of 61,369. Of the 12,018 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University - Main Campus in 2021, 461 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.

Ohio State Computer Engineering Degrees Available

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

Ohio State Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE progam at Ohio State 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 Ohio State 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 Master’s Degree Schools	16
Best Value Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75

In 2021, 73 students received their master’s degree in CE from Ohio State. This makes it the #17 most popular school for CE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in CE, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Ohio State CE Graduates

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ohio State is $76,749. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $70,001 for all CE bachelor's degree recipients.

CE Student Demographics at Ohio State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CE majors at Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Ohio State Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 461 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in CE from Ohio State in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CE at Ohio State 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	89
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	244
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Ohio State Computer Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 73 CE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Ohio State, about 84% were men and 16% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ohio State also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 28 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other 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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Software Applications Developers	35,100	$95,090
Architectural and Engineering Managers	6,160	$135,360
Systems Software Developers	5,400	$101,570
Computer Network Architects	4,780	$97,250
Engineering Professors	1,530	$113,110

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.