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Computer Engineering

Firmware Gods

The heavyweights. If your computer works, someone from here probably designed the architecture, wrote the textbook you are crying over, and is currently judging your code.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	—	5%	—	—	—	—
2	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	—	11%	—	—	—	—
3	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Stanford, CA	—	4%	—	—	—	—
4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Champaign, IL	392	43%	85% / 15%	34%	$137,472	—
5	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	—	11%	—	—	—	—
6	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	171	15%	82% / 18%	18%	$135,209	—
7	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, MI	114	15%	82% / 18%	17%	$157,395	—
8	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	—	7%	—	—	—	—
9	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	West Lafayette, IN	370	50%	86% / 14%	29%	$128,349	—
10	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	—	25%	—	—	—	—
11	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	—	44%	—	—	—	—
12	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	106	9%	80% / 20%	18%	$169,582	—
13	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, CA	207	24%	89% / 11%	25%	$159,561	—
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	75	43%	81% / 19%	23%	$156,276	—
15	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	College Park, MD	94	42%	88% / 12%	4%	—	—
16	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX	College Station, TX	161	47%	89% / 11%	6%	$123,000	—
17	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Blacksburg, VA	192	42%	85% / 15%	16%	$122,365	—

Hold My Solder

Military academies and hardcore tech institutes where sleep is a myth. Every final project involves making a physical robot do something terrifying. Pure, unadulterated, hands-on suffering.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	—	9%	—	—	—	—
2	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	27	55%	81% / 19%	11%	$134,298	—
3	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	New York, NY	—	12%	—	—	—	—
4	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	—	52%	—	—	—	—
5	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	54	55%	93% / 7%	11%	$113,881	—
6	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	16	9%	88% / 13%	0%	—	—
7	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	—	9%	—	—	—	—
8	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	—	11%	—	—	—	—
9	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	42	55%	79% / 21%	29%	$104,146	—
10	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	Daytona Beach, FL	7	55%	71% / 29%	0%	$91,117	—
11	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee, WI	29	55%	90% / 10%	10%	$107,252	—

What's a Solder?

Elite private schools where engineering is treated as high art. They can mathematically prove why your circuit is inefficient on a whiteboard, but might accidentally burn down the lab if handed an actual soldering iron.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	—	3%	—	—	—	—
2	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	—	4%	—	—	—	—
3	Columbia University New York, NY	New York, NY	25	4%	76% / 24%	8%	—	—
4	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	11	4%	64% / 36%	27%	—	—
5	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	—	3%	—	—	—	—
6	Duke University Durham, NC	Durham, NC	92	5%	80% / 20%	4%	$185,765	—
7	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	21	7%	76% / 24%	19%	$140,300	—
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	—	4%	—	—	—	—
9	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	8	5%	50% / 50%	13%	—	—
10	Brown University Providence, RI	Providence, RI	—	5%	—	—	—	—
11	Rice University Houston, TX	Houston, TX	—	8%	—	—	—	—
12	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	17	8%	65% / 35%	12%	—	—
13	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	46	8%	74% / 26%	30%	$100,097	—

State-Funded CPU Factories

Gigantic public universities churning out highly competent engineers by the thousands. They survived brutal weed-out classes, massive lecture halls, and terrible campus Wi-Fi to emerge as battle-hardened generalists.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	University Park, PA	71	55%	93% / 7%	24%	$126,311	—
2	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Columbus, OH	—	53%	—	—	—	—
3	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Raleigh, NC	151	40%	90% / 10%	3%	$117,974	—
4	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Gainesville, FL	92	23%	80% / 20%	3%	$119,952	—
5	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Boulder, CO	—	75%	—	—	—	—
6	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara, CA	81	26%	89% / 11%	14%	$123,842	—
7	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Davis, CA	118	37%	81% / 19%	12%	$129,770	—
8	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Irvine, CA	173	21%	86% / 14%	20%	$101,986	—
9	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Charlottesville, VA	46	13%	91% / 9%	2%	$137,939	—
10	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	East Lansing, MI	46	65%	87% / 13%	11%	$108,337	—
11	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Tempe, AZ	—	88%	—	—	—	—
12	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Ames, IA	75	85%	91% / 9%	4%	$125,071	—
13	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	Corvallis, OR	—	75%	—	—	—	—
14	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake City, UT	32	82%	81% / 19%	6%	—	—

Embedded and Exhausted

Solid, balanced programs that do not care about academic clout as much as they care about making sure you know enough hardware and software to instantly get a comfortable six-figure job in the local tech hub.