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Best Computer Science

US News undergraduate computer science. Top 5 reflect the 2027 release (CMU, MIT and Stanford tied #1); lower spots carry the prior order. Most top schools admit CS applicants at a far lower rate than the university overall.

Top entries are curated; the rest are auto-extended by selectivity.

#SchoolLocation Accept SAT mid-50% ACT mid-50% Undergrads Avg Class Size Type
#1 Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11.1% 1510-1560 33-35 7,369 ~13 est. private View
#2 MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts 4.5% 1530-1580 35-36 4,600 ~8 est. private View
#3 Stanford Stanford, California 3.6% 1510-1570 34-35 7,904 ~11 est. private View
#4 UC Berkeley Berkeley, California 11.0% — — 33,469 ~40 est. public View
#5 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia 12.7% 1370-1530 30-34 18,000 ~40 est. public View
#6 Princeton Princeton, New Jersey 4.6% 1500-1560 34-35 5,813 ~11 est. private View
#7 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 42.4% 1390-1510 30-34 35,420 ~44 est. public View
#8 Cornell Ithaca, New York 8.8% 1510-1560 33-35 16,128 ~20 est. private View
#9 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 39.1% — — 36,000 ~44 est. public View
#10 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 26.6% 1240-1460 27-33 42,000 ~40 est. public View
#11 Caltech Pasadena, California 3.8% 1530-1580 35-36 987 ~8 est. private View
#12 UCLA Los Angeles, California 9.4% — — 33,040 ~40 est. public View
#13 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 16.4% 1370-1530 31-34 33,000 ~24 est. public View
#14 UC San Diego California 28.6% — — 33,000 ~42 est. public View
#15 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 45.2% 1370-1490 28-32 37,198 ~37 est. public View
#16 Columbia New York, New York 3.9% 1500-1560 34-36 8,800 ~13 est. private View
#17 University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 44.8% 1400-1530 32-35 31,133 ~37 est. public View
#18 UPenn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4.9% 1510-1550 33-35 9,995 ~13 est. private View
#19 Harvard Cambridge, Massachusetts 4.2% 1510-1550 34-36 6,975 ~13 est. private View
#20 Brown Providence, Rhode Island 5.4% 1510-1560 34-35 10,690 ~13 est. private View
#21 Duke Durham, North Carolina 4.7% 1500-1570 34-35 6,523 ~13 est. private View
#22 Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland 5.1% 1530-1560 34-36 5,500 ~15 est. private View
#23 Yale New Haven, Connecticut 3.9% 1480-1560 33-35 6,814 ~13 est. private View
#24 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 4.5% 1510-1560 34-35 7,500 ~11 est. private View
#25 Rice Houston, Texas 8.0% 1510-1560 34-35 4,789 ~13 est. private View
#26 USC Los Angeles, California 9.8% 1450-1550 32-35 20,630 ~20 est. private View
#27 NYU New York, New York 7.7% 1480-1550 34-35 29,060 ~20 est. private View
#28 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 55.0% 1280-1450 28-32 30,000 ~31 est. public View
#29 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7.0% 1510-1560 33-35 8,500 ~13 est. private View
#30 Northeastern Boston, Massachusetts 5.2% 1450-1520 33-35 16,000 ~29 est. private View
#31 Case Western Cleveland, Ohio 35.3% 1450-1530 32-35 6,186 ~22 est. private View
#32 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 79.8% 1300-1470 26-31 39,908 ~37 est. public View
#33 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 60.6% 1310-1480 28-32 46,815 ~40 est. public View
#34 Santa Clara Santa Clara, California 48.0% 1350-1490 31-33 5,800 ~26 est. private View
#35 Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 49.0% 1340-1480 29-33 18,263 ~37 est. public View
#36 Stevens Institute Hoboken, New Jersey 47.6% 1380-1505 31-34 4,000 ~24 est. private View
#37 Drexel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 79.4% 1240-1440 27-32 13,000 ~26 est. private View
#38 WPI Worcester, Massachusetts 61.0% 1330-1470 30-33 5,300 ~29 est. private View
#39 RPI Troy, New York 63.5% 1390-1510 30-34 5,741 ~29 est. private View
#40 Binghamton University Binghamton, New York 38.6% 1360-1490 31-34 14,321 ~40 est. public View
#41 George Mason Fairfax, Virginia 87.5% 1160-1360 25-30 27,819 ~37 est. public View
#42 Rutgers New Brunswick, New Jersey 65.0% 1270-1480 28-33 36,588 ~29 est. public View
#43 University of Delaware Newark, Delaware 66.0% 1180-1370 26-31 19,000 ~33 est. public View
#44 Tufts Medford, Massachusetts 10.0% 1480-1540 33-35 6,700 ~22 est. private View
#45 Penn State University Park, Pennsylvania 61.0% 1250-1410 27-32 42,619 ~37 est. public View
#46 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 52.4% 1220-1420 28-33 20,056 ~35 est. public View
#47 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 60.2% 1180-1360 25-31 27,000 ~37 est. public View
#48 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California 27.5% — — 18,679 ~40 est. public View
#49 San Jose State San Jose, California 84.6% — — 29,000 ~53 est. public View
#50 Dartmouth Hanover, New Hampshire 5.4% 1480-1560 33-35 4,570 ~15 est. private View
#51 Pomona Claremont, California 6.9% 1500-1550 32-35 1,732 ~15 est. private View
#52 Swarthmore Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 7.5% 1500-1550 33-35 1,623 ~18 est. private View
#53 Colby Waterville, Maine 8.0% 1470-1530 32-34 2,200 ~22 est. private View
#54 Cooper Union New York, New York 11.0% 1340-1500 30-34 900 ~15 est. private View
#55 United States Military Academy New York 12.4% 1200-1420 27-33 4,393 ~31 est. public View
#56 UVA Charlottesville, Virginia 12.5% 1410-1520 32-35 17,901 ~33 est. public View
#57 Harvey Mudd Claremont, California 12.7% 1510-1560 34-36 900 ~18 est. private View
#58 Haverford Haverford, Pennsylvania 13.3% 1470-1540 33-35 1,400 ~18 est. private View
#59 Wellesley Wellesley, Massachusetts 14.1% 1470-1550 32-35 2,500 ~15 est. private View
#60 United States Air Force Academy Colorado 14.1% 1230-1440 26-33 4,114 ~31 est. public View
#61 Grinnell Grinnell, Iowa 14.5% 1430-1520 31-34 1,788 ~20 est. private View
#62 Olin College Needham, Massachusetts 18.0% 1483-1528 34-35 400 ~15 est. private View
#63 Carleton Northfield, Minnesota 20.4% 1470-1530 33-35 2,069 ~20 est. private View
#64 UNC Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 15.3% 1400-1530 28-34 19,000 ~31 est. public View
#65 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 25.9% 1380-1490 31-34 5,500 ~20 est. private View
#66 UC Irvine California 28.8% — — 30,204 ~40 est. public View
#67 Brandeis Waltham, Massachusetts 40.5% 1415-1520 31-34 3,500 ~22 est. private View
#68 NC State North Carolina 42.0% 1290-1440 25-32 28,422 ~42 est. public View
#69 Purdue West Lafayette, Indiana 49.9% 1220-1480 28-34 37,000 ~29 est. public View
#70 UMass Amherst Massachusetts 59.9% 1330-1480 29-33 24,000 ~42 est. public View
#71 Morehouse Atlanta, Georgia 33.0% 1010-1210 18-25 2,200 ~29 est. private View
#72 New Mexico Tech New Mexico 44.5% 1080-1310 20-29 995 ~31 est. public View
#73 University of Central Florida Florida 44.7% 1200-1350 25-29 60,083 ~42 est. public View
#74 Marist New York 49.9% 1210-1330 27-31 5,500 ~24 est. private View
#75 University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 52.2% 0-0 0-0 9,855 ~33 est. public View
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