Best Engineering Degrees by ROI in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top engineering programs ranked by earnings, AI resilience, and return on investment.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$76,416/yr
Avg DW Score
76/100
#1 Program
Computer Engineering
University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Best Engineering Degrees by ROI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program DW Score Earnings AI Risk ROI
1 Computer Engineering
University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA
86
76–89
$141,588/yr Very High 43.2x
2 Computer Engineering
University of Washington-Bothell Campus · Bothell, WA
86
76–89
$141,588/yr Very High 43.5x
3 Computer Engineering
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA
86
76–89
$111,560/yr Very High 32.0x
4 Computer Engineering
California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA
85
75–88
$79,809/yr Very High 37.8x
5 Computer Engineering
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
85
76–88
$78,941/yr Very High 44.3x
6 Computer Engineering
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
86
76–89
$87,949/yr Very High 44.0x
7 Computer Engineering
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL
86
76–88
$83,660/yr Very High 37.9x
8 Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Atlanta, GA
85
75–88
$93,629/yr Very High 26.9x
9 Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University at Raleigh · Raleigh, NC
85
75–88
$82,997/yr Very High 30.2x
10 Computer Engineering
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT
86
76–89
$88,785/yr Very High 55.5x
11 Computer Engineering
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
86
76–88
$85,564/yr Very High 39.1x
12 Computer Engineering
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · Mayaguez, PR
86
76–88
$83,545/yr Very High 44.1x
13 Computer Engineering
Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN
85
75–88
$89,965/yr Very High 28.5x
14 Computer Engineering
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR
84
73–87
$77,306/yr Very High 28.4x
15 Computer Engineering
California State University-Fresno · Fresno, CA
84
74–87
$75,101/yr Very High 46.0x
16 Computer Engineering
University of California-Davis · Davis, CA
84
72–87
$96,418/yr Very High 23.0x
17 Computer Engineering
University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA
84
72–88
$96,256/yr Very High 24.3x
18 Computer Engineering
University of California-Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA
84
72–87
$91,387/yr Very High 22.4x
19 Computer Engineering
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL
85
75–87
$76,819/yr Very High 37.9x
20 Computer Engineering
Florida International University · Miami, FL
84
75–87
$75,210/yr Very High 38.4x
21 Computer Engineering
Brigham Young University-Idaho · Rexburg, ID
85
75–88
$76,193/yr Very High 39.9x
22 Computer Engineering
Iowa State University · Ames, IA
84
73–87
$79,182/yr Very High 25.5x
23 Computer Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE
84
74–87
$82,398/yr Very High 25.2x
24 Computer Engineering
CUNY City College · New York, NY
85
75–88
$78,326/yr Very High 37.1x
25 Computer Engineering
Binghamton University · Vestal, NY
85
75–88
$86,938/yr Very High 26.5x
26 Computer Engineering
North Carolina A & T State University · Greensboro, NC
85
76–88
$80,685/yr Very High 28.9x
27 Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX
84
73–87
$81,226/yr Very High 23.8x
28 Computer Engineering
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT
85
75–87
$89,605/yr Very High 23.0x
29 Computer Engineering
West Virginia University Institute of Technology · Beckley, WV
84
74–87
$76,314/yr Very High 29.7x
30 Computer Engineering
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA
85
75–88
$77,455/yr Very High 42.1x
31 Computer Engineering
Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ
84
72–86
$81,123/yr Very High 22.5x
32 Computer Engineering
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · Pomona, CA
83
73–86
$70,768/yr Very High 33.3x
33 Computer Engineering
California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA
84
75–87
$75,692/yr Very High 25.7x
34 Computer Engineering
University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA
83
70–87
$79,969/yr Very High 22.7x
35 Computer Engineering
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA
84
74–86
$76,812/yr Very High 22.2x
36 Computer Engineering
University of Colorado Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
84
74–86
$82,084/yr Very High 20.1x
37 Computer Engineering
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
84
74–87
$72,029/yr Very High 48.2x
38 Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL
84
73–86
$103,123/yr Very High 20.3x
39 Computer Engineering
University of Maryland-Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD
84
73–86
$86,444/yr Very High 20.5x
40 Computer Engineering
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD
85
75–87
$95,847/yr Very High 19.8x
41 Computer Engineering
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY
83
72–87
$73,820/yr Very High 29.5x
42 Computer Engineering
University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC
83
73–86
$71,117/yr Very High 34.8x
43 Computer Engineering
Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH
83
72–85
$83,342/yr Very High 19.8x
44 Computer Engineering
University of North Texas · Denton, TX
84
73–86
$78,714/yr Very High 23.2x
45 Computer Engineering
Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX
84
73–87
$86,366/yr Very High 21.8x
46 Computer Engineering
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX
84
73–86
$85,619/yr Very High 21.0x
47 Computer Engineering
Washington State University · Pullman, WA
84
73–86
$87,135/yr Very High 20.3x
48 Computer Engineering
West Virginia University · Morgantown, WV
84
73–86
$76,314/yr Very High 24.7x
49 Computer Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI
84
74–86
$76,187/yr Very High 22.2x
50 Computer Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Platteville · Platteville, WI
83
73–86
$71,635/yr Very High 28.6x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.