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Top universities in the US for computer science

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Sabrina Collier

Updated Aug 29, 2024
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The recently released QS World University Rankings by Subject features over 650 of the best universities to study computer science in the world – with many of these located in United States.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based on four indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper and the H-index (a way of measuring the productivity and published work of a scientist or scholar). You can find more details about the methodology behind the subject rankings here

Read on to learn more about the top 10 computer science schools in the US.

Country Rank
Global Rank
University
Location
1

Country Rank

1

Global Rank

Cambridge, United States
2

Country Rank

=2

Global Rank

Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, United States
Pittsburgh, United States
2

Country Rank

=2

Global Rank

Stanford UniversityStanford, United States
Stanford, United States
4

Country Rank

5

Global Rank

Berkeley, United States
5

Country Rank

7

Global Rank

Harvard UniversityCambridge, United States
Cambridge, United States
6

Country Rank

14

Global Rank

Princeton UniversityPrinceton, United States
Princeton, United States
7

Country Rank

17

Global Rank

Cornell UniversityIthaca, United States
Ithaca, United States
8

Country Rank

18

Global Rank

University of WashingtonSeattle, United States
Seattle, United States
9

Country Rank

19

Global Rank

Los Angeles, United States
10

Country Rank

=23

Global Rank

Columbia UniversityNew York City, United States
New York City, United States
10

Country Rank

=23

Global Rank

New York University (NYU)New York City, United States
New York City, United States

Harvard University 

Harvard

Harvard University's computer science department is part of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (founded in 1847, with computer science courses available from 1984).  

Famous technology magnates to have studied at Harvard include Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (both of whom famously ‘dropped out’ to pursue their careers in tech). 

University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 

 UCB

Like MIT, the University of California, Berkeley combines its computer science school with electrical engineering.  

The Turing Award, known as the ‘Nobel Prize in computing’ has been awarded to 11 alumni and 10 past and present faculty members of Berkeley, including Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse. 

Stanford University 

 Stanford

Stanford University’s setting near the famous Silicon Valley in California makes it unique among these top universities in the US, with many of the world’s largest high-tech corporations right on its doorstep.  

Stanford’s computer science department was founded in 1965 and is part of the university’s School of Engineering.

Carnegie Mellon University 

 Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon University is based in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It earns an impressive score in the academic reputation indicator for computer science.  

Its School of Computer Science is based at the Gates and Hillman Centers, a US$98 million complex which opened in 2009 and has achieved LEED Gold certification for its high levels of sustainability. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 

 MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s computer science department, combined with electrical engineering, is the largest department at the institution.  

The university is well-known for its innovative research in this area, with its computer science faculty and researchers having made fundamental contributions to cybernetics, artificial intelligence, computer languages, machine learning, robotics, and cryptography. MIT earns its highest score in the employer reputation indicator this year.  

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