Computer Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

If you plan to study computer engineering, take a look at what United States Air Force Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,057 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from United States Air Force Academy in 2021, 8 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.

USAFA Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

USAFA Computer Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CE programs across the country. The following shows how USAFA performed in these rankings.

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 USAFA 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	121
Most Focused Computer Engineering Schools	157
Most Popular Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Computer Engineering Schools	249

CE Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CE majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in CE from USAFA in 2021, 88% were men and 13% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CE at USAFA 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in CE.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems 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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Computer Hardware Engineers	3,880	$117,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300

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 David Shankbone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.