Best Colleges for Computer Science Majors
Graduates can command impressive salaries in this growing - and regularly evolving - field. These colleges are ranked by the share of students earning computer science degrees and the average salaries reported by those graduates.
Published on August 25, 2020. Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson's, PayScale.com, Money/College Measures calculations.
College Name Overall Money Rank | Median SAT/ACT score | Est. price with average grant | % of students who get any grants | Graduation rate | Average student debt | Early career earnings for computer science majors |
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College Name Overall Money Rank | Median SAT/ACT score | Est. price with average grant | % of students who get any grants | Graduation rate | Average student debt | Early career earnings for computer science majors |
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1 1 Cambridge, MA | 1540/35 | $19,800 | 65% | 94% | $12,500 | $103,000 |
25 2 Pasadena, CA | 1560/36 | $27,500 | 59% | 92% | $8,700 | $120,500 |
2 3 Stanford, CA | 1500/34 | $18,000 | 59% | 94% | $11,340 | $108,100 |
17 4 Berkeley, CA | 1430/33 | $18,700 | 57% | 91% | $13,750 | $103,700 |
200 5 Claremont, CA | 1530/35 | $40,500 | 68% | 92% | $22,960 | $100,300 |
3 6 Princeton, NJ | 1510/34 | $16,900 | 59% | 96% | $9,850 | $97,900 |
21 7 Atlanta, GA | 1470/33 | $17,700 | 67% | 87% | $23,750 | $77,700 |
4 8 Ann Arbor, MI | 1420/32 | $17,600 | 51% | 92% | $16,610 | $76,400 |
117 9 Pittsburgh, PA | 1500/34 | $32,200 | 52% | 89% | $23,250 | $100,900 |
7 10 New Haven, CT | 1520/34 | $19,600 | 53% | 97% | $13,000 | $101,000 |
44 11 New York, NY | 1510/34 | $22,200 | 60% | 96% | $21,980 | $91,400 |
111 12 Santa Cruz, CA | 1300/29 | $18,000 | 69% | 74% | $19,000 | $81,300 |
30 13 Philadelphia, PA | 1490/34 | $27,400 | 52% | 95% | $19,500 | $99,600 |
127 14 Newark, NJ | 1290/28 | $18,600 | 60% | 65% | $23,000 | $68,900 |
49 15 Ithaca, NY | 1470/33 | $30,200 | 52% | 95% | $14,000 | $82,400 |
20 16 Seattle, WA | 1340/30 | $10,200 | 46% | 84% | $15,000 | $78,900 |
168 17 College Park, MD | 1380/31 | $17,500 | 51% | 86% | $19,000 | $78,200 |
95 18 Medford, MA | 1460/33 | $28,000 | 42% | 93% | $16,500 | $91,600 |
13 19 Irvine, CA | 1300/29 | $15,700 | 65% | 83% | $15,890 | $75,800 |
18 20 Houston, TX | 1510/34 | $24,200 | 63% | 95% | $11,990 | $84,100 |
5 21 Durham, NC | 1510/34 | $20,700 | 56% | 96% | $11,500 | $86,100 |
77 22 Providence, RI | 1490/34 | $28,400 | 46% | 95% | $15,500 | $85,100 |
10 23 Davis, CA | 1280/28 | $16,400 | 66% | 86% | $13,000 | $91,100 |
9 24 La Jolla, CA | 1370/30 | $14,100 | 58% | 86% | $16,810 | $83,400 |
253 25 Baltimore, MD | 1280/27 | $17,900 | 53% | 68% | $21,000 | $69,400 |
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78 26 New Brunswick, NJ | 1300/28 | $17,000 | 51% | 80% | $22,030 | $71,000 |
23 27 West Lafayette, IN | 1300/29 | $12,400 | 51% | 81% | $19,500 | $67,500 |
32 28 Williamstown, MA | 1480/34 | $19,800 | 55% | 95% | $12,700 | $87,300 |
234 29 Worcester, MA | NA/NA | $45,800 | 93% | 87% | $27,000 | $82,600 |
14 30 Cambridge, MA | 1520/34 | $18,400 | 43% | 98% | $13,880 | $81,500 |
254 31 Troy, NY | 1420/31 | $41,100 | 86% | 86% | $25,500 | $83,500 |
22 32 Champaign, IL | 1330/29 | $16,500 | 52% | 84% | $19,000 | $79,000 |
42 33 Swarthmore, PA | 1470/33 | $20,300 | 59% | 94% | $20,000 | $82,800 |
223 34 Richardson, TX | 1330/29 | $10,400 | 66% | 72% | $18,250 | $70,200 |
105 35 Fairfax, VA | 1220/27 | $19,900 | 50% | 70% | $20,000 | $68,200 |
61 36 Saint Louis, MO | 1520/34 | $29,200 | 47% | 95% | $16,080 | $78,900 |
110 37 Bethlehem, PA | 1360/31 | $28,000 | 50% | 87% | $23,250 | $78,800 |
37 38 Blacksburg, VA | 1290/28 | $19,200 | 50% | 84% | $22,900 | $78,000 |
43 39 Chapel Hill, NC | 1380/31 | $12,200 | 53% | 89% | $16,120 | $73,500 |
58 40 Minneapolis, MN | 1380/29 | $17,400 | 56% | 80% | $19,500 | $69,700 |
6 41 Charlottesville, VA | 1420/32 | $18,600 | 43% | 94% | $17,760 | $78,200 |
28 42 Madison, WI | 1370/30 | $14,800 | 42% | 87% | $20,500 | $72,400 |
29 43 Austin, TX | 1360/30 | $14,800 | 49% | 83% | $20,000 | $75,700 |
91 44 Baltimore, MD | 1510/34 | $29,100 | 53% | 93% | $15,500 | $83,700 |
53 45 Evanston, IL | 1490/34 | $28,800 | 56% | 95% | $15,000 | $77,600 |
72 46 Amherst, MA | 1300/29 | $22,700 | 73% | 80% | $23,250 | $79,400 |
245 47 Corvallis, OR | 1200/25 | $19,500 | 52% | 67% | $22,500 | $69,200 |
60 48 Notre Dame, IN | 1480/34 | $31,600 | 61% | 97% | $19,000 | $77,500 |
278 49 University Park, PA | 1260/28 | $27,300 | 64% | 85% | $26,000 | $67,500 |
69 50 Stony Brook, NY | 1330/29 | $15,500 | 59% | 74% | $19,000 | $69,000 |
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Baltimore, MD
Money rank
253
Est. price after average aid
$17,900
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Champaign, IL
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Est. price after average aid
$16,500
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Blacksburg, VA
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37
Est. price after average aid
$19,200
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Chapel Hill, NC
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Est. price after average aid
$12,200
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New York, NY
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