Best colleges for computer science (by ROI)

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	California Institute of Technology	CA	Private nonprofit	987	$595,878	Grad 94.4% · Net $16,075
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	4,535	$582,508	Grad 96.4% · Net $20,111
3	Stanford University	CA	Private nonprofit	7,554	$491,118	Grad 91.9% · Net $13,807
4	Princeton University	NJ	Private nonprofit	5,709	$490,486	Grad 97.6% · Net $6,128
5	Harvey Mudd College	CA	Private nonprofit	921	$490,267	Grad 91.9% · Net $35,924
6	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	337	$482,012	Grad 61.7% · Net $31,817
7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	Public	18,785	$417,020	Grad 94.0% · Net $12,116
8	Harvard University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,601	$408,944	Grad 97.6% · Net $19,066
9	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Private nonprofit	7,304	$381,661	Grad 94.1% · Net $31,944
10	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Private nonprofit	8,973	$375,459	Grad 96.1% · Net $21,590
11	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	10,650	$359,630	Grad 96.5% · Net $28,699
12	University of Chicago	IL	Private nonprofit	7,569	$359,160	Grad 95.9% · Net $14,860
13	Claremont McKenna College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,388	$356,148	Grad 91.4% · Net $28,849
14	Johns Hopkins University	MD	Private nonprofit	5,693	$355,394	Grad 93.8% · Net $18,809
15	University of California-Berkeley	CA	Public	33,068	$353,372	Grad 92.8% · Net $13,481
16	Rice University	TX	Private nonprofit	4,776	$344,734	Grad 94.6% · Net $13,370
17	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	$344,204	Grad 95.7% · Net $23,777
18	Cornell University	NY	Private nonprofit	15,995	$338,556	Grad 95.4% · Net $28,690
19	Vanderbilt University	TN	Private nonprofit	7,208	$338,065	Grad 93.5% · Net $15,846
20	University of Notre Dame	IN	Private nonprofit	8,818	$335,073	Grad 95.2% · Net $26,780
21	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	Public	16,154	$332,190	Grad 72.1% · Net $3,033
22	Florida Polytechnic University	FL	Public	1,689	$328,460	Grad 54.9% · Net $11,853
23	Bentley University	MA	Private nonprofit	4,474	$327,521	Grad 86.8% · Net $37,930
24	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	21,996	$327,034	Grad 86.4% · Net $16,665
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	Public	34,177	$326,971	Grad 93.2% · Net $13,138
26	University of California-San Diego	CA	Public	34,948	$319,354	Grad 86.1% · Net $12,470
27	Duke University	NC	Private nonprofit	6,442	$319,092	Grad 96.8% · Net $29,612
28	Dartmouth College	NH	Private nonprofit	4,541	$318,178	Grad 95.5% · Net $29,519
29	Washington and Lee University	VA	Private nonprofit	1,881	$317,628	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,781
30	Williams College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,076	$310,212	Grad 93.6% · Net $17,716
31	Colorado School of Mines	CO	Public	6,155	$308,532	Grad 81.7% · Net $28,690
32	Bowdoin College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,873	$303,690	Grad 95.3% · Net $14,398
33	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Public	9,019	$303,564	Grad 72.8% · Net $16,504
34	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	Public	4,185	$303,288	Grad 63.2% · Net $10,163
35	Lehigh University	PA	Private nonprofit	5,898	$302,398	Grad 87.9% · Net $36,931
36	Michigan Technological University	MI	Public	5,955	$302,153	Grad 68.1% · Net $14,182
37	Brown University	RI	Private nonprofit	7,226	$301,423	Grad 95.7% · Net $25,184
38	Washington University in St Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	7,857	$300,146	Grad 94.3% · Net $21,786
39	University of Florida-Online	FL	Public	4,627	$298,588	Grad 84.7% · Net $4,815
40	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Public	30,760	$298,522	Grad 88.6% · Net $15,678
41	Capitol Technology University	MD	Private nonprofit	315	$297,914	Grad 42.7% · Net $22,102
42	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	Public	5,521	$297,370	Grad 64.4% · Net $16,298
43	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	Private nonprofit	2,654	$296,739	Grad 67.1% · Net $22,453
44	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	Private nonprofit	464	$296,148	Grad — · Net $25,181
45	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	Public	33,475	$295,349	Grad 92.6% · Net $12,548
46	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Public	36,258	$295,067	Grad 85.1% · Net $14,355
47	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Private nonprofit	4,222	$293,815	Grad 86.9% · Net $41,346
48	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	Private nonprofit	2,833	$292,532	Grad 75.2% · Net $18,425
49	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	Public	5,457	$292,508	Grad 65.3% · Net $12,319
50	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Public	17,597	$291,320	Grad 95.6% · Net $21,565
51	University of Florida	FL	Public	35,629	$289,958	Grad 91.1% · Net $6,541
52	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	Public	733	$289,614	Grad 52.7% · Net $10,875
53	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	Private nonprofit	5,714	$287,256	Grad 83.6% · Net $36,228
54	San Jose State University	CA	Public	27,601	$284,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $13,760
55	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	Public	31,942	$283,648	Grad 85.2% · Net $14,091
56	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	FL	Private nonprofit	9,139	$283,106	Grad 20.5% · Net $18,725
57	Virginia Military Institute	VA	Public	1,527	$282,064	Grad 76.2% · Net $17,113
58	Emory University	GA	Private nonprofit	7,298	$280,290	Grad 91.1% · Net $22,585
59	Colorado State University Global	CO	Public	6,563	$278,006	Grad — · Net $16,510
60	University of California-Davis	CA	Public	32,253	$277,662	Grad 85.7% · Net $14,741
61	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	Public	454	$274,954	Grad 61.6% · Net $13,807
62	California State University-East Bay	CA	Public	9,809	$273,134	Grad 47.9% · Net $9,320
63	Davidson College	NC	Private nonprofit	1,867	$272,444	Grad 91.1% · Net $17,379
64	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	Public	2,892	$272,295	Grad 53.8% · Net $15,706
65	Northwestern University	IL	Private nonprofit	9,201	$270,450	Grad 95.1% · Net $29,167
66	Western Governors University	UT	Private nonprofit	155,088	$270,388	Grad 46.2% · Net $12,548
67	University of California-Irvine	CA	Public	30,197	$270,102	Grad 86.9% · Net $14,251
68	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	Private nonprofit	5,447	$268,513	Grad 89.7% · Net $43,071
69	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	Public	995	$268,028	Grad 57.0% · Net $9,873
70	Northeastern University	MA	Private nonprofit	17,326	$267,478	Grad 90.5% · Net $30,915
71	CUNY Hunter College	NY	Public	16,289	$266,978	Grad 56.9% · Net $2,984
72	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Public	20,752	$266,778	Grad 91.2% · Net $11,655
73	Amherst College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,911	$266,312	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,367
74	Molloy University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,162	$265,652	Grad 69.9% · Net $24,347
75	Texas A&M University-Central Texas	TX	Public	1,750	$262,564	Grad — · Net $1,300
76	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Private nonprofit	2,438	$262,550	Grad 67.2% · Net $15,232
77	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	Public	1,525	$261,974	Grad 65.0% · Net $16,403
78	University of Southern California	CA	Private nonprofit	20,443	$261,940	Grad 91.8% · Net $32,740
79	Colby College	ME	Private nonprofit	2,407	$260,943	Grad 88.8% · Net $17,180
80	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	Public	44,503	$260,795	Grad 83.1% · Net $14,600
81	Farmingdale State College	NY	Public	9,552	$260,348	Grad 52.8% · Net $10,867
82	CUNY City College	NY	Public	12,505	$260,197	Grad 56.8% · Net $3,776
83	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	Public	2,432	$259,998	Grad 56.5% · Net $16,798
84	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	Public	25,042	$259,913	Grad 68.4% · Net $11,531
85	Kettering University	MI	Private nonprofit	1,205	$259,827	Grad 70.8% · Net $34,660
86	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	Public	11,590	$257,069	Grad 55.8% · Net $3,203
87	CUNY Queens College	NY	Public	12,550	$257,028	Grad 53.2% · Net $4,195
88	CUNY Lehman College	NY	Public	10,696	$257,022	Grad 51.3% · Net $3,148
89	Clarkson University	NY	Private nonprofit	2,196	$256,028	Grad 74.9% · Net $30,305
90	Brigham Young University	UT	Private nonprofit	32,952	$255,650	Grad 81.0% · Net $15,564
91	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Public	36,902	$255,566	Grad 89.5% · Net $17,354
92	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	Private nonprofit	2,309	$255,431	Grad 78.2% · Net $42,513
93	Boston College	MA	Private nonprofit	10,085	$255,201	Grad 90.8% · Net $41,704
94	Lafayette College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,757	$254,775	Grad 87.6% · Net $34,433
95	Georgetown University	DC	Private nonprofit	7,569	$253,531	Grad 94.8% · Net $40,815
96	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	Public	23,113	$253,290	Grad 83.0% · Net $16,109
97	Regis University	CO	Private nonprofit	2,627	$252,882	Grad 61.0% · Net $18,397
98	Binghamton University	NY	Public	14,655	$252,030	Grad 81.6% · Net $21,620
99	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	Public	10,543	$251,864	Grad 53.9% · Net $3,103
100	George Mason University	VA	Public	27,752	$251,850	Grad 67.8% · Net $17,915