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Computer engineering at WashU

WashU graduates about 21 computer engineering majors a year. That puts it 34th of 269 schools we score for computer engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $12 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#34 of 269 for computer engineering →
Graduates a year21under 1% of the class
Research in the field$12Ma year, NSF
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1550whole school

Around WashU

Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Athletic Complex at Washington University in St. Louis. Site of three presid
Wash U Athletic ComplexPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where computer engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the computer engineering ranking

  1. Northwestern University 82
  2. Brigham Young University 81
  3. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 81
  4. Rochester Institute of Technology 81
  5. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 80
  6. Arizona State University 80
  7. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79
  8. North Carolina State University 79

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU 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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