2025 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in computer engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 91 doctor's degrees in computer engineering to qualified students.

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

Your choice of computer engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality ce program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for computer engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Computer Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

37 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in computer engineering. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in computer engineering needs to check out University of Notre Dame. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Notre Dame

3

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

14 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Ohio State University - Main Campus

4

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in computer engineering needs to check out University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	7
Michigan	149	38
Ohio	144	45
Indiana	132	19

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Computer Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Computer Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

CE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	91

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	392
Electrical Engineering	355
Chemical Engineering	212
Biomedical Engineering	180
Civil Engineering	180
Materials Engineering	175
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	89
Industrial Engineering	72
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	57
General Engineering	53

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.