2024 Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Computer Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #39 most popular master's degree program in the country. 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 18 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,162 master's degrees in computer engineering to qualified students.

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

The ce master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

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 for a Master'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 master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - The number of computer engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computer Engineering in the Far Western US Region

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

10 Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in CE

1

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

168 Annual Graduates

$125,788 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in computer engineering has to check out Santa Clara University. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Master's recipients from the computer engineering major at Santa Clara University make $10,595 more than the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in computer engineering from Santa Clara University

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

49 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in computer engineering needs to look into University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of Southern California

3

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

511 Annual Graduates

$124,052 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in computer engineering needs to check out San Jose State University. San Jose State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Jose.

Computer Engineering master's degree recipients from San Jose State University receive an earnings boost of approximately $8,859 above the typical earnings of computer engineering majors.

More information about a master’s in computer engineering from San Jose State University

4

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

82 Annual Graduates

$122,641 Median Starting Salary

University of California - San Diego is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in computer engineering. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.

Computer Engineering master's degree recipients from University of California - San Diego get an earnings boost of about $7,448 above the average earnings of computer engineering graduates.

More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of California - San Diego

5

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

87 Annual Graduates

UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of California - Irvine

6

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of California - Los Angeles

7

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

12 Annual Graduates

UC Santa Cruz is a large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of California - Santa Cruz

8

California State University - Fullerton
Fullerton, CA

89 Annual Graduates

$88,293 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the ce program earn around $88,293 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in computer engineering from California State University - Fullerton

9

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from Washington State University

10

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

41 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from University of California - Riverside

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	1,115
Washington	183	3
Oregon	158	11
Nevada	105	33

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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	581
Software Engineering	547
Computer Hardware Engineering	31
Other Computer Engineering	3

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	2,122
Mechanical Engineering	1,257
Civil Engineering	1,240
Biomedical Engineering	540
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	354
Systems Engineering	288
Materials Engineering	283
General Engineering	280
Other Engineering	207
Operations Research	202

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.