2024 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a doctor's degree in computer engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #60 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 doctor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of computer engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality ce program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor'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 much a school focuses on computer engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Engineering in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

17 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Northeastern University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

6 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Boston University

3

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

2 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a good choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

3

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA

4 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Computer Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Computer Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	93	18

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Computer Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Computer Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

CE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	29

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	113
Biomedical Engineering	83
Mechanical Engineering	83
Chemical Engineering	60
Materials Engineering	36
Civil Engineering	28
Engineering Science	23
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	19
Industrial Engineering	14
Nuclear Engineering	13

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.