The main focus area for this major is General Computer Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Northwestern University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in CE, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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BS in Computer Science - Software Engineering
With a software engineering degree, you'll learn the fundamental concepts and principles – a systematic approach used to develop software on time, on budget and within specifications – throughout your online college classes at SNHU.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for CE majors, Northwestern came in at #7. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Northwestern.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Northwestern was $6,901 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $58,227 | $58,227 |
Fees | $474 | $474 |
Books and Supplies | $1,662 | $1,662 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,616 | $17,616 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,304 | $3,304 |
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CE who receive their bachelor’s degree from Northwestern make an average of $82,440 a year during the early days of their career. That is 23% higher than the national average of $67,013.
Online degrees for the Northwestern CE bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 12.5% of the CE students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 15.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 45.8% of the CE bachelor’s degrees at Northwestern in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 10 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Computer Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Computer Engineering | 24 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 5 |
Biomedical Engineering | 62 |
Chemical Engineering | 42 |
Civil Engineering | 13 |
Electrical Engineering | 10 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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