"U.S. News and World Report" listed Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as the best computer engineering school in 2009. Rose-Hulman, founded in 1874 as Rose-Hulman Polytechnic Institute, is a private institution that focuses on engineering, science and mathematics.
Rose-Hulman is highly competitive, admitting only 465 students out of more than 3,500 freshman applicants. Approximately 69 percent of students graduate in four years and 80 percent in six years.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
5500 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47803
812-877-1511
www.rose-hulman.edu
"U.S. New and World Report" ranked Harvey Mudd College number two for computer engineering in 2009, but the curriculum goes far beyond math and science. Harvey S. Mudd founded the college so that math and science students would have an exceptional education that also included humanities.
Harvey Mudd has only 750 students on its entire campus with a student-teacher ratio of less than nine to one.
Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Boulevard
Claremont, CA 91711-5901
909-621-8000
www.hmc.edu
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) came in third in the 2009 "U.S. News and World Report" rankings. Cal Poly provides a strong theoretical background along with practical computer engineering training. As seniors in computer engineering, students must complete a practical senior design program.
Cal Poly is highly selective for its computer engineering program. Of the students in the program, 80 percent are first-time freshmen and 20 percent are transfer students from community colleges.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
805-756-1111
www.calpoly.edu/