Computer Engineering Technology is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #166 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of computer engineering technology. Combined, these schools handed out 155 bachelor's degrees in computer engineering technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Engineering Technology School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of computer engineering technology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality computer engineering tech program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer engineering technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computer engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for computer engineering technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer engineering technology students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer engineering technology.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering Tech
It is hard to beat University of Houston if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer engineering technology. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the computer engineering tech program state that they receive average early career income of $41,917.
University of Houston - Downtown is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in computer engineering technology. UH Downtown is a large public university located in the city of Houston.
Those computer engineering technology students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Houston - Downtown make $17,629 more than the average computer engineering tech graduate.
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).