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2023 Best Value Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$34,894 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,378 people earned a degree or certificate in electrical and computer engineering., making the major the #219 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for electrical and computer engineering. students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Electrical and Computer Engineering. Schools in the United States

Check out the electrical and computer engineering. programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the United States for electrical and computer engineering. students. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

BYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Schools list.

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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

UW - Stout undergraduate students pay an average of $17,820 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Stout also claimed a spot on our Best Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical and computer engineering. schools in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Schools list.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in tuition and fees each year.

Villanova also claimed a spot on our Best Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical and computer engineering. schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Michigan Tech are $39,723 per year.

Michigan Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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$20,400 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value electrical and computer engineering. programs. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAB are $20,400 per year.

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$18,165 Average Tuition & Fees

Wichita State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Schools list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $18,165 per year.

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#8

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for electrical and computer engineering. students. It came in at #8 on the list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rice are $52,895 per year.

Rice excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Schools list.

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$25,930 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for electrical and computer engineering. students. It came in at #9 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WWU are $25,930 per year.

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$19,308 Average Tuition & Fees

SUNY Polytechnic Institute landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value electrical and computer engineering. programs. SUNY Poly is a small public school located in the suburb of Utica.

SUNY Poly undergraduate students pay an average of $19,308 in tuition and fees each year.

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Electrical and Computer Engineering. by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 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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