[ul]
[]CMU
[]Cornell
[]UCLA
[]UCSD
[]UIUC
[]Purdue
[]Boston University
[]UC Davis
[li]UC Irvine[/li][/ul]
(Using any factor of your choice)
Well, I am not going to rank all of them, but I can tell you that CMU is head and shoulders above all the rest, with an admission rate well below 5%, so VERY difficult to get into.
If you have access to a guidance counselor, see if he/she has a copy of Rugg’s Guide, which will give you undergraduate rankings of the CS departments of all these schools. They are ranked Tier I (highest) to Tier III or, unranked.
Good luck!
OP is asking for computer engineering and not computer science. While CMU is still very strong, I won’t put it head and shoulder above others, especially Cornell, for computer engineering. Also, note that not all schools have a computer engineering degree, in some you go for Electrical and Computer Engineering and choose your electives to make it more like a computer engineering degree.
Here would be my attempt to rank the schools:
- CMU
- Cornell (tied, not a typo)
- UIUC
- UCLA
- Purdue
- UCSD
- UC Irvine
- UC Davis
- Boston University (I don't know a lot about the last 3, except that they are probably below the other 6).
- CMU = Cornell = UCLA = UIUC = Purdue = UCSD
- Davis = Irvine = BU
All are good schools for CE, I’d lean to the CA publics if you’re a CA resident.
@ColdinMinny @1d51jklad1 @osuprof Thank you so much! This has been very helpful.
Here’s one published ranking (although it’s for graduate-level programs):
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/computer-engineering-rankings
Here’s a couple others (although they’re for CS not computer engineering, and again, aren’t necessarily focused on undergraduate education):
https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/computer-science-information-systems
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/subject-ranking/computer-science#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats
Thanks you @tk21769 