2024 Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in computer engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 16 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 713 bachelor's degrees in computer engineering to qualified students.

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

Your choice of computer engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Computer Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Engineering in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for computer engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

10 Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in CE

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

112 Annual Graduates

$90,529 Median Starting Salary

$26,866 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in computer engineering has to take a look at Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the computer engineering major at Boston University make $18,416 more than the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from Boston University

2

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

140 Annual Graduates

$88,529 Median Starting Salary

$25,005 Median Student Debt

Northeastern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the computer engineering program at Northeastern University get $16,416 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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3

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

112 Annual Graduates

$71,802 Median Starting Salary

$20,108 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer engineering has to look into University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.

Soon after graduating, ce bachelor's recipients usually earn around $71,802 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of Connecticut

4

Tufts University
Medford, MA

7 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer engineering needs to check out Tufts University. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from Tufts University

5

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

76 Annual Graduates

$71,683 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the suburb of Amherst.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the ce program earn an average of $71,683 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst

6

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

42 Annual Graduates

$65,811 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

UMass Lowell is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Lowell.

Soon after graduation, ce bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $65,811 at the beginning of their careers.

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7

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

26 Annual Graduates

$68,976 Median Starting Salary

$26,613 Median Student Debt

URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the ce program earn an average of $68,976 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island

8

Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

54 Annual Graduates

$74,154 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Those computer engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology receive $2,041 more than the standard ce grad.

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9

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA

19 Annual Graduates

$30,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

10

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH

9 Annual Graduates

$68,492 Median Starting Salary

$21,500 Median Student Debt

UNH is a large public university located in the suburb of Durham.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ce program report average early career wages of $68,492.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer engineering from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	462
Connecticut	183	165
New Hampshire	157	9
Rhode Island	157	42
Maine	156	17
Vermont	155	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to CE

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Computer Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

CE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	680
Software Engineering	33

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	2,359
Civil Engineering	879
Electrical Engineering	858
Biomedical Engineering	815
Chemical Engineering	575
General Engineering	238
Industrial Engineering	226
Marine Engineering	185
Engineering Science	173
Environmental Engineering	119

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.