2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Connecticut

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,452 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree ce students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Connecticut

1

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut

#15 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Bridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It awarded 4 doctorate’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

#4 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on CE Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s CE degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad 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 freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.