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Computer engineering at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 79 computer engineering majors a year. That puts it 5th of 269 schools we score for computer engineering, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $229,000 four years out, 2.04× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $60 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#5 of 269 for computer engineering →
Graduates a year79under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$229,0002.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$60Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

This is the very first computer to ever be connected to the Internet. Of course,
The SDS Sigma-7 The First Computer to be Connected to the Internet (6294434636)Photo: Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams from United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Professor Tao with his Devoted StudentsPhoto: SATSAT2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering VI, Engineering V, Engineering IV.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the computer engineering ranking

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 100
  2. Duke University 97
  3. University of California San Diego 95
  4. University of Maryland, College Park 94
  5. Northeastern University 93
  6. University of Southern California 92
  7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 91
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 91

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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