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Best Colleges for Computer Science

Top computer science programs ranked by what their computer science graduates earn, plus completion rates, debt and actual cost. Federal data. No paid rankings.

375
Schools with computer science earnings data
1,154
Schools with CS programs in dataset
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How We Rank Computer Science Schools

These rankings use what computer science bachelor's graduates earn, not the school-wide average. College Scorecard publishes earnings three years after graduation for each field of study. A school is ranked when it has a published figure for computer and information sciences and computer science and at least 25 graduates behind it. Where a school has more than one of these programs, the largest is used and the table names it under the figure. Each school is then scored on our 5-component composite using federal data: computer science graduate earnings (28%), graduation rate (25%), social mobility via Pell Grant share (20%), debt burden (15%), and net cost for low-income students (12%). Where a school has not reported one of these, that component is dropped and the remaining weights are rescaled rather than filled in with an estimate. A school with no net price on file for families earning up to $30,000 is scored on its overall average net price instead. Only 4-year non-profit schools with sufficient data qualify.

  • →Earnings: Median annual earnings of computer science bachelor's graduates three years after they graduate. Source: College Scorecard.
  • →Graduation rate: Full-time first-time students completing within 150% of normal time. Source: IPEDS.
  • →Net price: Average annual cost after all grants and scholarships. Source: IPEDS.
  • →Social mobility: Share of students receiving Pell Grants, a direct measure of access for low-income students. Source: IPEDS.
  • →Debt burden: Median federal loan debt at graduation. Source: College Scorecard.

Top 10 Computer Science Schools (2026)

Ranked by composite: computer science graduate earnings, graduation rate, social mobility, debt, affordability.

#SchoolEarnings (3yr)
1$197,810Computer and information sciences
2
Brown University
Brown University

Providence, RI

$184,762Computer science
3$165,375Computer science
4$161,399Computer science
5$163,496Computer science
6$158,076Computer science
7$201,541Computer science
8
Harvard University
Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

$163,896Computer science
9
Yale University
Yale University

New Haven, CT

$168,803Computer and information sciences
10
Rice University
Rice University

Houston, TX

$145,256Computer and information sciences

375 of 1,154 schools with Computer Science programs have published computer science graduate earnings and are ranked. Top 10 shown. Earnings are the median for computer science bachelor's graduates three years after graduation, and Grads is how many graduates that figure covers. Data: IPEDS + College Scorecard. Updated annually.

All 1,154 Colleges in the Dataset

The ranking above shows the top 10 by composite score. Every school in the full dataset is listed here so you can explore beyond the top results.

B

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Baker CollegeBaker UniversityBakersfield CollegeBaldwin Wallace UniversityBall State UniversityBard CollegeBard College at Simon's RockBarnard CollegeBarry UniversityBarton CollegeBates Technical CollegeBay Path UniversityBaylor UniversityBeacon CollegeBelhaven UniversityBellarmine UniversityBellevue CollegeBellevue UniversityBellingham Technical CollegeBelmont UniversityBeloit CollegeBemidji State UniversityBenedict CollegeBenedictine CollegeBenedictine UniversityBenjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBennett CollegeBennington CollegeBentley UniversityBerea CollegeBerklee College of MusicBerry CollegeBethany CollegeBethany Lutheran CollegeBethel UniversityBethel UniversityBethesda UniversityBethune-Cookman UniversityBinghamton UniversityBiola UniversityBirmingham-Southern CollegeBismarck State CollegeBlackburn CollegeBloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityBluefield State UniversityBluefield UniversityBluffton UniversityBob Jones UniversityBoise State UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBowdoin CollegeBowie State UniversityBowling Green State University-FirelandsBowling Green State University-Main CampusBradley UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrazosport CollegeBrenau UniversityBrescia UniversityBrewton-Parker CollegeBriar Cliff UniversityBridgewater CollegeBridgewater State UniversityBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University-HawaiiBrigham Young University-IdahoBroward CollegeBrown UniversityBryan College of Health SciencesBryant & Stratton College-AlbanyBryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBryant & Stratton College-GreeceBryant & Stratton College-OnlineBryant & Stratton College-ParmaBryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthBryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachBryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaBryant UniversityBryn Mawr CollegeBucknell UniversityBuena Vista UniversityBushnell UniversityButler University

C

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Cabrini UniversityCairn University-LanghorneCaldwell UniversityCalifornia Baptist UniversityCalifornia College of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of the ArtsCalifornia Lutheran UniversityCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCalifornia State Polytechnic University-HumboldtCalifornia State Polytechnic University-PomonaCalifornia State University-BakersfieldCalifornia State University-Channel IslandsCalifornia State University-ChicoCalifornia State University-Dominguez HillsCalifornia State University-East BayCalifornia State University-FresnoCalifornia State University-FullertonCalifornia State University-Long BeachCalifornia State University-Los AngelesCalifornia State University-Monterey BayCalifornia State University-NorthridgeCalifornia State University-SacramentoCalifornia State University-San BernardinoCalifornia State University-San MarcosCalifornia State University-StanislausCalumet College of Saint JosephCalvary UniversityCalvin UniversityCambridge CollegeCameron UniversityCampbell UniversityCampbellsville UniversityCanisius UniversityCapital UniversityCapitol Technology UniversityCaribbean University-BayamonCaribbean University-PonceCaribbean University-Vega BajaCarleton CollegeCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarolina UniversityCarroll CollegeCarroll UniversityCarson-Newman UniversityCarthage CollegeCascadia CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityCatawba CollegeCedarville UniversityCentral CollegeCentral Connecticut State UniversityCentral Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesCentral Michigan UniversityCentral Ohio Technical CollegeCentral State UniversityCentral Washington UniversityCentral Wyoming CollegeCentralia CollegeCentre CollegeChaminade University of HonoluluChamplain CollegeChapman UniversityCharleston Southern UniversityCharter Oak State CollegeChatham UniversityChestnut Hill CollegeCheyney University of PennsylvaniaChicago State UniversityChipola CollegeChristian Brothers UniversityChristopher Newport UniversityCitadel Military College of South CarolinaCity University of SeattleClark Atlanta UniversityClark CollegeClark State CollegeClark UniversityClarke UniversityClarkson UniversityClayton State UniversityClemson UniversityCleveland State UniversityClover Park Technical CollegeCoastal Carolina UniversityCoe CollegeCoker UniversityColby CollegeColegio Universitario de San JuanColgate UniversityCollege for Creative StudiesCollege of CharlestonCollege of Our Lady of the ElmsCollege of Staten Island CUNYCollege of the OzarksColorado Christian UniversityColorado CollegeColorado Mesa UniversityColorado School of MinesColorado State University PuebloColorado State University-Fort CollinsColumbia Basin CollegeColumbia CollegeColumbia College ChicagoColumbia University in the City of New YorkColumbus State UniversityCommonwealth University of PennsylvaniaConcordia University Ann ArborConcordia University TexasConcordia University-Saint PaulConcordia University-WisconsinConnecticut CollegeCornell CollegeCornell UniversityCovenant CollegeCrafton Hills CollegeCreighton UniversityCUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeCUNY Brooklyn CollegeCUNY City CollegeCUNY Hunter CollegeCUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeCUNY Lehman CollegeCUNY Medgar Evers CollegeCUNY New York City College of TechnologyCUNY Queens CollegeCUNY York College

M

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Macalester CollegeMaharishi International UniversityMalone UniversityManhattan UniversityManhattanville UniversityManor CollegeMarist UniversityMarquette UniversityMarshall UniversityMarymount UniversityMaryville University of Saint LouisMassachusetts College of Liberal ArtsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMcKendree UniversityMcNeese State UniversityMenlo CollegeMercer UniversityMercy UniversityMercyhurst UniversityMerrimack CollegeMessiah UniversityMethodist UniversityMetropolitan State UniversityMetropolitan State University of DenverMiami Dade CollegeMiami University-HamiltonMiami University-MiddletownMiami University-OxfordMichigan State UniversityMichigan Technological UniversityMid-America Christian UniversityMidAmerica Nazarene UniversityMiddle Georgia State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddlebury CollegeMidwestern State UniversityMiles CollegeMillersville University of PennsylvaniaMilligan UniversityMilwaukee School of EngineeringMinnesota State University MoorheadMinnesota State University-MankatoMinot State UniversityMisericordia UniversityMississippi State UniversityMissouri Southern State UniversityMissouri State University-SpringfieldMissouri University of Science and TechnologyMissouri Valley CollegeMissouri Western State UniversityMolloy UniversityMonmouth CollegeMonmouth UniversityMontana State UniversityMontana Technological UniversityMontclair State UniversityMontreat CollegeMoorpark CollegeMorehead State UniversityMorehouse CollegeMorgan State UniversityMorningside UniversityMorris CollegeMount Aloysius CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Mercy UniversityMount Saint Mary CollegeMount St. Mary's UniversityMuhlenberg CollegeMurray State CollegeMurray State University

P

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Pace UniversityPacific Lutheran UniversityPalm Beach State CollegePalo Alto CollegePark UniversityParker UniversityPeirce CollegePennsylvania College of TechnologyPennsylvania State University-Main CampusPennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonPennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaPennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverPennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksPennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywinePennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisPennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegePennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyPennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgPennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonPennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyPennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoPennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonPennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillPennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonPennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoPennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarrePennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkPennsylvania State University-World CampusPennsylvania Western UniversityPensacola State CollegePeru State CollegePhilander Smith UniversityPhoenix CollegePlymouth State UniversityPoint Loma Nazarene UniversityPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico-OrlandoPomona CollegePontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-AreciboPortland State UniversityPrairie View A & M UniversityPratt Institute-MainPrinceton UniversityPrincipia CollegeProvidence CollegePurdue University Fort WaynePurdue University GlobalPurdue University NorthwestPurdue University-Main Campus

S

110
Sacred Heart UniversitySaginaw Valley State UniversitySaint Ambrose UniversitySaint Anselm CollegeSaint Augustine's UniversitySaint Cloud State UniversitySaint Edward's UniversitySaint Francis UniversitySaint Johns River State CollegeSaint Johns UniversitySaint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaSaint Leo UniversitySaint Louis UniversitySaint Martin's UniversitySaint Mary's University of MinnesotaSaint Michael's CollegeSaint Norbert CollegeSaint Peter's UniversitySaint Vincent CollegeSaint Xavier UniversitySalem State UniversitySalisbury UniversitySam Houston State UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversitySan Jose State UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySanta Fe CollegeSattler CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSavannah State UniversitySchreiner UniversitySeattle Central CollegeSeattle Pacific UniversitySeattle UniversitySeminole State College of FloridaSeton Hill UniversityShaw UniversityShawnee State UniversityShenandoah UniversityShepherd UniversitySiena CollegeSimmons College of KentuckySimpson CollegeSinte Gleska UniversitySkidmore CollegeSlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSmith CollegeSonoma State UniversitySouth Carolina State UniversitySouth Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySouth Dakota State UniversitySouth Texas CollegeSoutheast Missouri State UniversitySoutheastern Louisiana UniversitySouthern Arkansas University Main CampusSouthern Connecticut State UniversitySouthern Illinois University EdwardsvilleSouthern Illinois University-CarbondaleSouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern Nazarene UniversitySouthern New Hampshire UniversitySouthern Oregon UniversitySouthern University and A & M CollegeSouthern University at New OrleansSouthern Utah UniversitySouthwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Minnesota State UniversitySouthwestern Adventist UniversitySouthwestern Oklahoma State UniversitySouthwestern UniversitySpelman CollegeSt Bonaventure UniversitySt Olaf CollegeSt Petersburg CollegeSt Philip's CollegeSt. Augustine CollegeSt. Francis CollegeSt. John's University-New YorkSt. Joseph's University-New YorkSt. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's UniversitySt. Thomas UniversityStanford UniversityState College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaState University of New York at New PaltzState University of New York at OswegoState University of New York at PlattsburghStephen F Austin State UniversityStetson UniversityStevens Institute of TechnologyStevenson UniversityStockton UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook UniversitySuffolk UniversitySUNY at FredoniaSUNY BrockportSUNY Buffalo State UniversitySUNY College at PotsdamSUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillSUNY College of Technology at AlfredSUNY College of Technology at CantonSUNY College of Technology at DelhiSUNY MorrisvilleSUNY OneontaSUNY Polytechnic InstituteSusquehanna UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSyracuse University

U

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Union Adventist UniversityUnion CollegeUnion Commonwealth UniversityUnion UniversityUniversidad Adventista de las AntillasUniversidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusUniversidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey CampusUniversidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusUniversidad Politecnica de Puerto RicoUniversity at AlbanyUniversity at BuffaloUniversity of Akron Main CampusUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama in HuntsvilleUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas at Little RockUniversity of Arkansas at Pine BluffUniversity of Arkansas GranthamUniversity of Arkansas-Fort SmithUniversity of BaltimoreUniversity of BridgeportUniversity of California-BerkeleyUniversity of California-DavisUniversity of California-IrvineUniversity of California-Los AngelesUniversity of California-RiversideUniversity of California-San DiegoUniversity of California-Santa BarbaraUniversity of California-Santa CruzUniversity of Central ArkansasUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of Central MissouriUniversity of Central OklahomaUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Cincinnati-Main CampusUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Colorado Colorado SpringsUniversity of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of Connecticut-Avery PointUniversity of Connecticut-Hartford CampusUniversity of Connecticut-StamfordUniversity of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusUniversity of DallasUniversity of DaytonUniversity of DelawareUniversity of DenverUniversity of Detroit MercyUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida-OnlineUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of HartfordUniversity of Hawaii at HiloUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. LouisUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Houston-Clear LakeUniversity of Houston-DowntownUniversity of Houston-VictoriaUniversity of IdahoUniversity of Illinois ChicagoUniversity of Illinois SpringfieldUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of IowaUniversity of JamestownUniversity of KansasUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteUniversity of Louisiana at MonroeUniversity of MaineUniversity of Maine at AugustaUniversity of Maine at Fort KentUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity of Mary WashingtonUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreUniversity of Maryland Global CampusUniversity of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUniversity of Maryland-College ParkUniversity of Massachusetts GlobalUniversity of Massachusetts-AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts-BostonUniversity of Massachusetts-DartmouthUniversity of Massachusetts-LowellUniversity of MemphisUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan-Ann ArborUniversity of Michigan-DearbornUniversity of Michigan-FlintUniversity of Minnesota-DuluthUniversity of Minnesota-MorrisUniversity of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri-Kansas CityUniversity of Missouri-St LouisUniversity of Mount OliveUniversity of Nebraska at KearneyUniversity of Nebraska at OmahaUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnUniversity of Nevada-Las VegasUniversity of Nevada-RenoUniversity of New Hampshire at ManchesterUniversity of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineUniversity of New Hampshire-Main CampusUniversity of New HavenUniversity of New Mexico-Main CampusUniversity of New OrleansUniversity of North AlabamaUniversity of North Carolina AshevilleUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina at PembrokeUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of North FloridaUniversity of North GeorgiaUniversity of North TexasUniversity of North Texas at DallasUniversity of Northern IowaUniversity of Northwestern-St PaulUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of Oklahoma-Norman CampusUniversity of OregonUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pittsburgh-BradfordUniversity of Pittsburgh-GreensburgUniversity of Pittsburgh-JohnstownUniversity of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusUniversity of PortlandUniversity of ProvidenceUniversity of Puerto Rico at PonceUniversity of Puerto Rico-AreciboUniversity of Puerto Rico-BayamonUniversity of Puerto Rico-HumacaoUniversity of Puerto Rico-MayaguezUniversity of Puget SoundUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of RichmondUniversity of Rio GrandeUniversity of RochesterUniversity of Saint MaryUniversity of San DiegoUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of South Carolina AikenUniversity of South Carolina BeaufortUniversity of South Carolina-ColumbiaUniversity of South Carolina-UpstateUniversity of South DakotaUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern IndianaUniversity of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of St FrancisUniversity of St ThomasUniversity of the CumberlandsUniversity of the District of ColumbiaUniversity of the Incarnate WordUniversity of the PacificUniversity of the PeopleUniversity of the Virgin IslandsUniversity of the WestUniversity of ToledoUniversity of TulsaUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of Virginia-Main CampusUniversity of Virginia's College at WiseUniversity of Washington-Bothell CampusUniversity of Washington-Seattle CampusUniversity of Washington-Tacoma CampusUniversity of West FloridaUniversity of West GeorgiaUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireUniversity of Wisconsin-Green BayUniversity of Wisconsin-La CrosseUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeUniversity of Wisconsin-ParksideUniversity of Wisconsin-PlattevilleUniversity of Wisconsin-River FallsUniversity of Wisconsin-Stevens PointUniversity of Wisconsin-StoutUniversity of Wisconsin-WhitewaterUniversity of WyomingUpper Iowa UniversityUrsinus CollegeUtah State UniversityUtah Tech UniversityUtah Valley University

W

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Wagner CollegeWake Forest UniversityWashburn UniversityWashington & Jefferson CollegeWashington Adventist UniversityWashington and Lee UniversityWashington CollegeWashington State UniversityWashington University in St LouisWayne State CollegeWayne State UniversityWaynesburg UniversityWebber International UniversityWeber State UniversityWebster UniversityWellesley CollegeWentworth Institute of TechnologyWesleyan UniversityWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Texas A & M UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University at ParkersburgWest Virginia University Institute of TechnologyWest Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWestern Carolina UniversityWestern Colorado UniversityWestern Connecticut State UniversityWestern Governors UniversityWestern Illinois UniversityWestern Kentucky UniversityWestern Michigan UniversityWestern New England UniversityWestern Oregon UniversityWestern Washington UniversityWestfield State UniversityWestminster UniversityWheaton CollegeWheaton College (Massachusetts)Whitman CollegeWhitworth UniversityWichita State UniversityWidener UniversityWilberforce UniversityWilkes UniversityWillamette UniversityWilliam & MaryWilliam Jessup UniversityWilliam Paterson University of New JerseyWilliam Woods UniversityWilliams CollegeWilmington UniversityWinona State UniversityWinston-Salem State UniversityWittenberg UniversityWofford CollegeWomen's Institute of Torah Seminary and CollegeWoodbury UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester State UniversityWright State University-Main Campus

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