2024 Best Computer Hardware Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

Computer Hardware Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1069 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for computer hardware engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in computer hardware engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Computer Hardware Engineering Schools List

Computer Hardware Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computer Hardware Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Computer Hardware Engineering in the Far Western US Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the computer hardware engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Computer Hardware Engineering

1

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Santa Clara University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer hardware engineering. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara.More information about a degree in computer hardware engineering from Santa Clara University

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat University of California - San Diego if you want to pursue a degree in computer hardware engineering. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in computer hardware engineering from University of California - San Diego

Best Computer Hardware Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer hardware engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	41
Oregon	587	1

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Computer Hardware Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Computer Hardware Engineering is one of 3 different types of Computer Engineering programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Computer Hardware Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	2,793
Software Engineering	906
Other Computer Engineering	25

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.