2024 Best Computer Hardware Engineering Schools in California

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in computer hardware engineering. It is ranked #1069 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California 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 46 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Hardware Engineering Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Computer Hardware Engineering in California

The schools below may not offer all types of computer hardware engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Computer Hardware Engineering

1

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in computer hardware engineering has to take a look at Santa Clara University. 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

University of California - San Diego is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in computer hardware engineering. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in computer hardware engineering from University of California - San Diego

Best Computer Hardware Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Computer Hardware Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
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.

Majors Similar to Computer Hardware Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	2,450
Software Engineering	868
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.