2024 Best Computer Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
289Computer Engineering Tech Degrees Awarded
$48,743Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, computer engineering technology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #181 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 289 degrees in computer engineering technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Computer Engineering Technology School
The computer engineering tech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Computer Engineering Technology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer engineering technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Computer Engineering Technology Rankings by Degree Level
The computer engineering tech 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 Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region.
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 Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of computer engineering tech degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Computer Engineering Tech
Every student who is interested in computer engineering technology needs to check out Lamar Institute of Technology. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lamar Institute of Technology is a great school overall.
There were roughly 33 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Lamar Institute of Technology in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Lee College if you want to pursue a degree in computer engineering technology. Lee College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Baytown. A Best Colleges rank of #89 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lee College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 10 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Lee College in the most recent data year.
University of Houston is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in computer engineering technology. UH is a very large public university located in the large city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were roughly 74 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the computer engineering tech program earn about $41,917 in the first couple years of working.
Sam Houston State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in computer engineering technology. SHSU is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Huntsville. This university ranks 27th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 42 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 45th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 27 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the computer engineering technology program at University of Houston - Downtown get $24,444 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
St Philip's College is a fairly large public college located in the city of San Antonio. This college ranks 46th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 10 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at St Philip's College 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).
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