Top Computer Science Universities Rankings

USNews Rankings for Computer Science schools/universities published in 2018
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

Top 20 Computer Science Rankings and Rankings for 100 Universities (from USNews Rankings January 29, 2019)

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Top 20 Universities for Computer Science
along with their specializations
6 of the Ivy League schools are in Top 20, see below marked with *
Cornell (#6), Princeton (#8), Columbia (#13), Harvard (#16), Univ of Pennsylvania (#19), Yale (#20)

1) 4 universities at #1 - CMU, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley
  Carnegie Mellon University  (#1 in AI,  #2 in Systems, Programming Language)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#1 in Systems, Theory, Programming Language, #2 in AI)
  Stanford University (#3 in AI, Programming Language, Theory)
  University of California--Berkeley (#2 in Theory, #3 in Systems, #4 in AI, Programming Language)

5) University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign  (#5 in Systems)



6) Cornell University*  (#4 in Theory)
    University of Washington  (#6 in Systems)
#6 in Computer Science (tie)

8) Georgia Institute of Technology    
Princeton University*  (#4 in Theory)
#8 in Computer Science (tie)

10) University of Texas-Austin (#8 in Systems)

11) California Institute of Technology
      University of Michigan--Ann Arbor  (#8 in Systems)
#11 in Computer Science (tie)

13) Columbia University*
      University of California--Los Angeles
      University of Wisconsin--Madison  (#7 in Systems)
#13 in Computer Science (tie)



16) Harvard University*
      University of California--San Diego
      University of Maryland--College Park
#16 in Computer Science (tie)


19) University of Pennsylvania*


20) Purdue University--West Lafayette
      Rice University
      University of Massachusetts--Amherst
      University of Southern California
      Yale University*
#20 in Computer Science (4 Universities tie for #20 rank)
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University NAME/RANK    Full List for 110 universities
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
#1 in Computer Science (tie)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
#1 in Computer Science (tie)

Stanford University
Stanford, CA
#1 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
#1 in Computer Science (tie)
There are 4 universities at #1 - CMU, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
#5 in Computer Science

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
#6 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
#6 in Computer Science (tie)

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
#8 in Computer Science (tie)

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
#8 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Texas--Austin
Austin, TX
#10 in Computer Science

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA
#11 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI
#11 in Computer Science (tie)

Columbia University

New York, NY
#13 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA
#13 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Wisconsin--Madison

Madison, WI
#13 in Computer Science (tie)

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
#16 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--San Diego

La Jolla, CA
#16 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Maryland--College Park

College Park, MD
#16 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
#19 in Computer Science

Purdue University--West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN
#20 in Computer Science (tie)

Rice University

Houston, TX
#20 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Massachusetts--Amherst

Amherst, MA
#20 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA
#20 in Computer Science (tie)

Yale University

New Haven, CT
#20 in Computer Science (tie)

Brown University
Providence, RI
#25 in Computer Science (tie)


Duke University
Durham, NC
#25 in Computer Science (tie)

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
#25 in Computer Science (tie)

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
#25 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
#29 in Computer Science

Seven Universities are tie at #30 - NYU, NorthWestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Univ of California at Irvine, Chicago University, UVA
New York University
New York, NY
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

Pennsylvania State University--University Park
University Park, PA
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Irvine
Irvine, CA
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
#30 in Computer Science (tie)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ
#37 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Davis
Davis, CA
#37 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
#37 in Computer Science (tie)

Stony Brook, VT, University of Colorado- Boulder are tied at #40 
Stony Brook University--SUNY
Stony Brook, NY
#40 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Colorado--Boulder
Boulder, CO
#40 in Computer Science (tie)

Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA
#40 in Computer Science (tie)

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

Texas A&M University--College Station

College Station, TX
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Utah

Salt Lake City , UT
#43 in Computer Science (tie)

Boston University

Boston, MA
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

Northeastern University

Boston, MA
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO
#49 in Computer Science (tie)

Indiana University--Bloomington

Bloomington, IN
#55 in Computer Science (tie)

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
#55 in Computer Science (tie)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY
#55 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA
#58 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
#58 in Computer Science (tie)

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
#58 in Computer Science (tie)

Iowa State University

Ames, IA
#61 in Computer Science (tie)

University at Buffalo--SUNY

Buffalo, NY
#61 in Computer Science (tie)

University of California--Riverside

Riverside, CA
#61 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Illinois--Chicago

Chicago, IL
#64 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
#64 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
#64 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Texas--DallasRichardson, TX
#64 in Computer Science (tie)

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

#68 rank tie with 7 Universities

Case Western Reserve University

College of William and Mary

George Mason University GMU

Oregon State University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Syracuse University

University of Delaware 

College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

George Mason University (GMU)
Fairfax, VA
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
#68 in Computer Science (tie)

#75 rank tie with 7 Universities

Colorado State University

George Washington University GWU

Tufts University

University of Nebraska--Lincoln

University of New Mexico

University of Tennessee--Knoxville

Washington State University

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

George Washington University (GWU)
Washington, DC
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

Tufts University
Medford, MA
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Tennessee--Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

Washington State University
Pullman, WA
#75 in Computer Science (tie)

#82 rank tie with 9 Universities

CUNY Graduate School and University Center

Clemson University

Drexel University

Emory University

Florida State University

University of Central Florida

University of Connecticut

University of Maryland--Baltimore County

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

CUNY Graduate School and University Center 
New York , NY
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

Emory University

Atlanta, GA
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Maryland--Baltimore County 

Baltimore, MD
#82 in Computer Science (tie)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
#82 in Computer Science (tie)



#91 rank tie with 11 Universities
Auburn University
Brandeis University
Brigham Young University
Colorado School of Mines
Illinois Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of North Carolina--Charlotte
University of Texas--Arlington

Auburn University
Auburn, AL
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

University of North Carolina--Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Texas--Arlington
Arlington, TX
#91 in Computer Science (tie)

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
#102 in Computer Science (tie)


Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Georgia
Athens, GA
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Houston
Houston, TX
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
#102 in Computer Science (tie)

Binghamton University--SUNY
Binghamton, NY
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, MO
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

University at Albany--SUNY
Albany, NY
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
#111 in Computer Science (tie)

Following Universities listed do not have a published Rank
RNP: Rank Not Published

Air Force Institute of Technology
WPAFB, OH
RNP in Computer Science      

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD
RNP in Computer Science


Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
RNP in Computer Science

Clarkson University
Schnectady, NY
RNP in Computer Science

Dakota State University
Madison, SD
RNP in Computer Science

DePaul University
Chicago, IL
RNP in Computer Science

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
RNP in Computer Science


Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
RNP in Computer Science

Florida International University
Miami, FL
RNP in Computer Science

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
RNP in Computer Science

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
RNP in Computer Science

Kent State University
Kent, OH
RNP in Computer Science

LIU Post
Brookville, NY
RNP in Computer Science

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
RNP in Computer Science

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
RNP in Computer Science

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
RNP in Computer Science

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
RNP in Computer Science

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
RNP in Computer Science

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
RNP in Computer Science

New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
RNP in Computer Science

North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
RNP in Computer Science

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
RNP in Computer Science

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Rankings methodology

Rankings of doctoral programs in the sciences are based solely on the results of surveys sent to academics in biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, mathematics, physics and statistics.
The individuals rated the quality of the program at each institution on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding). Individuals who were unfamiliar with a particular school's programs were asked to select "don't know."

The schools with the highest average scores among those who rated them were sorted in descending order and appear in the rankings tables. Survey results from fall 2013 and fall 2017 were averaged to compute the scores; programs needed at least 10 ratings to be ranked. Ipsos Public Affairs conducted all doctoral surveys.

The universe of schools surveyed in biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, mathematics and physics consisted of schools that awarded at least five doctoral degrees for the years from 2011 through 2015, according to the National Science Foundation report, "Survey of Earned Doctorates."

The American Statistical Association provided U.S. News with eligible programs for statistics.

In biological sciences, graduate programs may be offered in a university's medical school or its college of arts and sciences. In statistics, graduate programs may be offered through a biostatistics or statistics department.

Questionnaires were sent to the department heads and directors of graduate studies at each program in each discipline.

Response rates for the doctoral science programs were as follows: for biological sciences, 8 percent; chemistry, 23 percent; computer science, 35 percent; earth sciences, 21 percent; mathematics, 26 percent; physics, 22 percent; and statistics, 35 percent.

The following are the number of schools surveyed: biological sciences, 275; chemistry, 205; computer science, 188; earth sciences, 124; mathematics, 181; physics, 184; and statistics, 109.

In the doctoral sciences rankings, programs with an average peer assessment score of equal to or greater than 2.0 are numerically ranked. U.S. News lists all those with average peer assessment scores of less than 2.0 in alphabetical order as Rank Not Published, or RNP. Doctoral programs receiving less than 10 ratings in the two period are listed as Unranked.

Specialty rankings of doctoral science programs are based solely on nominations by department heads and directors of graduate studies at peer schools. These respondents ranked up to 10 programs in each area. Those with the most votes appear in the rankings tables.

Schools in the specialty rankings are numerically ranked in descending order based solely on the number of nominations they received, as long as the school or program received seven or more nominations in that specialty area. This means that schools ranked at the bottom of each specialty ranking have received seven nominations.

Rank Not Published means that U.S. News calculated a numerical rank for a school or program but decided for editorial reasons not publish the rank.

Best US Engineering Colleges and Universities

Here is a listing of the best Engineering Schools (compiled from usnews listing)


1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts 
MIT is best known for its math, science, and engineering programs. Currently in 2018, it is rated as #1 for Computer Science. Located just across the Charles River, MIT offers one of the coolest dorms in the country called "The Sponge," which was designed by prestigious architect Steven Holl, who has won a slew of design awards, according to the U.S. News & World Report. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report


2. Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Currently Stanford is also ranked #1 for Computer Science. It has 90+ Graduate fields of study with 2,180 Faculty members. The Student-to-faculty ratio is 5:1. Stanford University students have spawned top-notch tech companies like Google, Hewlett Packard, and more recently Snapchat. In fact, companies formed by Stanford alumni generate revenues of $2.7 trillion annually, according to a recent study. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the co-founders of Google and they did their computer science PhD at Stanford University.
Top tech employers: Google, Apple, Cisco 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

3. University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California 
Engineering is an integral part of UC Berkeley. An engineering graduate from UC Berkeley is nearly guaranteed to be $1.1 million better off after 20 years than someone who never went to college, according to the Economist.
Berkeley is home to some of the world's greatest minds leading more than 130 academic departments and 80 interdisciplinary research units and addressing the world’s most pertinent challenges.
Top tech employers: Google, Oracle, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

4. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California 
The California Institute of Technology isn't just a great engineering school. It's one of the 50 best colleges in America. Caltech is small but prizes excellence and ambition. The contributions of Caltech's faculty and alumni have earned national and international recognition, including 39 Nobel Prizes. The Institute manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet; owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M. Keck Observatories; and co-founded and co-manages LIGO, which, in 2016, observed gravitational waves for the first time.

The Institute has one of the nation's lowest student-to-faculty ratios (3:1), with 300 professorial faculty members offering a rigorous curriculum and access to varied learning opportunities and hands-on research to approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 1,250 graduate students. Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.
Caltech's motto is "The truth shall make you free."
The private institution involved in research projects with grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
Top tech employers: Google, Intel, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

5. Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the most underrated schools when it comes to electrical and electronic engineering. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, AT&T 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

6. University of Illinois —Urbana-Champaign (Apply for admission)
Champaign, Illinois 
The University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign is a public school, competing with many private peers on this list. 
Notable alumni include YouTube cofounder Steve Chen and film critic Robert Ebert. Its Alumni boasts of 28 Pulitzer Prizes. The College of Engineering is ranked 6th in undergraduate and 9th in graduate programs nationally.
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

7. Carnegie Mellon University 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduates from Carnegie Melon's School of Computer Science were the top earners among their peers last year. On average, those graduates made $84,409 annually. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

8. Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Cornell is the highly regarded Ivy League school in upstate New York. In 1883, Cornell introduced the world's first bachelor's degree program in electrical engineering. 
Last April, Cornell received $133 million to open a massive new tech school in New York City. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Intel 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is one of the best college towns to live in, and offers one of the premier engineering schools in the country. 
Overall, the University of Michigan is ranked No. 28 on U.S. News & World Report's list of best national universities. 
Top tech employers: Google, Microsoft, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

10. Purdue University—West Lafayette
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue University — West Lafayette is the main campus in the Purdue University system. 
Inside its college of engineering is the school of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which has been dubbed "Cradle of Astronauts." Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, attended Purdue. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

11. University of Texas — Austin
Austin, Texas
As one of the largest schools in the nation, the University of Texas - Austin also boasts one of the biggest Greek systems in the country. 
Its school slogan is "what starts here changes the world." 
Top tech employers: Dell, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

12. Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Ivy League school Princeton was the first university to offer a "no loan" policy to students needing financial aid. Instead of loans, Princeton decided to offer grants to eligible students. 
Notable alumni include First Lady Michelle Obama and former US President Woodrow Wilson. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

13. Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern is on the outskirts of Chicago, in Evanston, Illinois. Other than its engineering school, Northwestern is known for both its journalism and law schools. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

14. University of Wisconsin — Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin — Madison lies along the southern shore of Lake Mendota. The school has an active Greek life, and (unsurprisingly) the college is known as one of the top party schools in the country. 
Top tech employers: Microsoft, Intel 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

15. Texas A&M University, College Station
College Station, Texas
Texas A&M University's main campus is one of the largest in America, spanning 5,500 acres. 
Texas A&M ranks in the top 20 American research institutes in terms of funding and has made notable contributions to such fields like animal cloning and petroleum engineering. 
Top tech employers: Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

16. Virgina Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Virginia Tech's campus uses of Hokie Stone, a combination of different colored limestone, which adorn most of its buildings and other campus features, including a memorial to the 2007 massacre at the school. 
At Virginia Tech, students are encouraged to "invent the future." 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

17. Johns Hopkins University
University in Baltimore, Maryland
While it may be one of the most expensive colleges in the country, Johns Hopkins University seems to be worth it — 33 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university, either as faculty members or alumni. In 2009, Hopkins received $1.86 billion in federal research grants — more than any other US university. 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

18. Rice University 
Houston, Texas
Students at Rice University are known for having some of the highest SAT scores in the nation. 
Situated in Houston, Texas, Rice is known for the success of its baseball team. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Google 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

19. Columbia University
New York, New York
Located in New York City, Columbia's location is one of its greatest selling points. It is also an Ivy League school.
The university's neo-classical campus occupies six city blocks in Manhattan, taking up a little over 30 acres and offering a respite from the hustle and bustle outside its gates. Columbia was ranked at the top of the Best College Library list, and currently hosts more than 10 million volumes. 
The Ivy League establishment is home to the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

20. Duke University
Durham, N.C.
Duke University is known as one of the smartest colleges in the nation. The Pratt School of Engineering offers degrees in biomedical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical and material sciences engineering. 
Top tech employers: IBM, Google, Microsoft 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

21. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
University Park, Pennsylvania
Known as "Happy Valley," Penn State is also home to THON, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. 
Off campus, students can explore the town of State College, a small town with coffee shops, restaurants, and bars. 
Top tech employers: IBM, 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

22. University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
UCLA is ranked as one of the top public schools with the smartest students. Located in the heart of Westwood in Southern California, UCLA students have movie premieres right at their fingertips. 
The school offers more than 3,000 courses and more than 130 majors. 
Top tech employers: Google, IBM, Apple 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

23. Harvard University 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
From the president of the United States to the heads of some of the biggest financial institutions in the world, Harvard University graduates have established themselves in powerful positions. 
Harvard students also boast some of the highest SAT scores, on average. 
Top tech employers: Google, Microsoft, IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report

24. University of Maryland College Park
College Park, Maryland
Sports play a huge role in campus culture largely thanks to its basketball team, the Maryland Terrapins. The mascot, Testudo, is a Diamondback terrapin. One of several Testudo sculptures on campus sits in front of McKeldin Library. Rubbing its nose will apparently bring you good luck. 
Top tech employers: IBM 
Source: U.S. News & World Report


25 University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is located in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, though its main campus is located in Minneapolis. 
The College of Science and Engineering is located in the Mall area, known as the center of the Minneapolis Campus. 
Top tech employers: 3M 
Source: U.S. News & World Report