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2023 Most Popular Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$98,951 Avg Salary

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

Computer Engineering is the #56 most popular major in the country with 17,987 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Computer Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Computer Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for computer engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Women make up 24% of the CE majors at the school.

Full Computer Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in CE at the school are women while 75% are male.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 26% of the CE majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Houston - Clear Lake helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Houston.

Of the 43 students majoring in CE at UH Clear Lake, 65% are male and 35% are female.

Full Computer Engineering at University of Houston - Clear Lake Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at El Paso helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

Of the 33 students majoring in CE at UTEP, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Full Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

About 11% of the students majoring in CE at the school are women while 89% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 19 students majoring in CE at UT Arlington, 84% are male and 16% are female.

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Southern Methodist University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

Of the 14 students majoring in CE at SMU, 93% are male and 7% are female.

Full Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University Report

With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Of the 12 students majoring in CE at UTSA, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

With a ranking of #10, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for computer engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in CE at UNT, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,079
Arizona 558
Oklahoma 94
New Mexico 55

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

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 17 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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