by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer Engineering is the 56th most popular major in the country with 17,987 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $73,143 and had an average of $24,685 in loans still to pay off.
Across Connecticut, there were 249 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,209 and $22,912 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 165 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in computer engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in computer engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree ce students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut. UBridgeport is a small school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut that handed out 17 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 112 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut list. Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut. University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Engineering at University of New Haven
Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #6. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Fairfield University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut list. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
Trinity College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #8. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 0 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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