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Computer engineering at Penn

Penn graduates about 16 computer engineering majors a year. That puts it 19th of 269 schools we score for computer engineering, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $66 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#19 of 269 for computer engineering →
Graduates a year16under 1% of the class
Research in the field$66Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around Penn

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Where computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Center for Automation Technology, Alumni Engineering Labs, Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, Bennet S. LeBow Engineering Center, Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the computer engineering ranking

  1. University of Florida 88
  2. Columbia University 87
  3. The Ohio State University 87
  4. University of California, Davis 87
  5. Purdue University–Main Campus 85
  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison 85
  7. Virginia Tech 85
  8. Johns Hopkins University 84

Other strong majors at Penn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Penn with every school we score in computer engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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