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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

54 Colleges
$27,171 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 17,987 people earned a degree or certificate in computer engineering, making the major the #56 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 54 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for CE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for computer engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.

North Dakota State University also claimed a spot on our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 54 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 2 spot on the list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

UD also claimed a spot on our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Computer Engineering at University of Delaware Report

#3

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Out of the 54 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

SCU graduate students pay an average of $25,170 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for computer engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Michigan Technological University is a great value for computer engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 per year.

Full Computer Engineering at Clemson University Report

University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree computer engineering programs. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, University of Virginia is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $19,074 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at San Diego State University Report

Northeastern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at Northeastern University Report

Iowa State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Computer Engineering at Iowa State University

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
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Great Lakes

One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 28 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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