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

Computer Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #60 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 doctor's degrees in computer engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computer engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Computer Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in computer engineering.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in CE

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

12 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

14 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in computer engineering. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in computer engineering from Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	22
Arizona	119	9
Oklahoma	92	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to CE

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Computer Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

CE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	38
Software Engineering	3

Most Popular Majors Related to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	226
Electrical Engineering	204
Civil Engineering	177
Biomedical Engineering	148
Chemical Engineering	138
Materials Engineering	111
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	88
General Engineering	76
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	52
Petroleum Engineering	51

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.