2025 Best Computer Systems Networking Schools in Pennsylvania
3Colleges in Pennsylvania
194Networking Degrees Awarded
$49,363Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in computer systems networking is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #125 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for computer systems networking students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 194 degrees in computer systems networking annually.
Choosing a Great Computer Systems Networking School
Your choice of computer systems networking school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Computer Systems Networking School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Computer Systems Networking Rankings by Degree Level
The networking 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 Systems Networking Schools in Pennsylvania.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Computer Systems Networking in Pennsylvania
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the networking degrees they offer, see the list below.
Carnegie Mellon University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer systems networking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 computer systems networking students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Harrisburg Area Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in computer systems networking. HACC is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Harrisburg. This college ranks 30th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 21 computer systems networking students who graduated with this degree at HACC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Pennsylvania College of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in computer systems networking. Penn College is a small public college located in the small city of Williamsport. This college ranks 48th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 16 computer systems networking students who graduated with this degree at Penn College in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the networking program state that they receive average early career earnings of $49,374.
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).
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Your choice of computer systems networking school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Computer Systems Networking School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
