You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in computer hardware engineering. It is ranked #1069 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of computer hardware engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 67 degrees in computer hardware engineering to qualified students.
The computer hardware engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Computer Hardware Engineering Schools.
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Best Schools for Computer Hardware Engineering in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of computer hardware engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in computer hardware engineering has to check out Santa Clara University. SCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Santa Clara. This university ranks 12th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 21 computer hardware engineering students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - San Diego is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in computer hardware engineering. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were about 20 computer hardware engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
Oakland University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in computer hardware engineering. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 17 computer hardware engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).