2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s
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Computer Engineering is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,932 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11,531 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 243 colleges that offer a degree in computer engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
The low student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rexburg, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend BYU - I is $7,167 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Computer Engineering Report
Out of the 243 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 33 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Computer Engineering Report
Out of the 243 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez landed the #4 spot on the list. UPR Mayaguez is a public institution located in Mayaguez, . The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UPR Mayaguez is $10,766 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a medium-sized public school situated in Platteville, Wisconsin. It awarded 51 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,718 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville.
Read more about Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. ASU - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 90 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,971 for bachelor’s degree ce students per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Arizona State University - Skysong
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $19,815 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students per year to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Computer Engineering Report
With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 295 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
On top of its placing in this ranking, Iowa State also did well on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Purdue University Northwest landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Hammond, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $11,250 for bachelor’s degree ce students per year to attend Purdue Northwest.
Saint Cloud State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. St. Cloud State University is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for St. Cloud State University is $14,267 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
Read more about Computer Engineering at St. Cloud State University
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. SIUE is a fairly large public school situated in Edwardsville, Illinois. It awarded 16 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend SIUE is $14,423 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
Lake Superior State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. This small school is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Lake Superior State University is $12,398 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Lake Superior State University
Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well in the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,221 for bachelor’s degree ce students per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.
The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Minnesota State Mankato
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s CE degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $8,355 for bachelor’s degree ce students per year to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus
Grand Valley State University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Allendale, Michigan, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend GVSU is $17,646 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 219 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree ce students list, Purdue has also earned the #25 rank in our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus
University of Central Florida landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 108 bachelors’s CE degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida International University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 110 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $7,296 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students per year to attend Florida International University.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Computer Engineering at Florida International University
University of South Alabama ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 25 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for USA is $15,501 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
Read full report on Computer Engineering at University of South Alabama
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 158 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also took the #12 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,595 for bachelor’s degree ce students per year to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Computer Engineering Report
Florida State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 41 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
University of Florida landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 108 bachelors’s CE degrees to qualified students.
UF also claimed a top spot on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category. It costs about $6,302 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students per year to attend UF.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, San Jose State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. San Jose State University is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 276 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
On top of its placing in this ranking, San Jose State also did well on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. The yearly cost to attend San Jose State University is $14,928 for bachelor’s degree ce students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ship is a medium-sized school located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is $22,054 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
With a ranking of #25, University of Houston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for Bachelor’s Degree CE students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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