Candor ★ My Fit Browse Rankings Profile Grade Improve My Colleges Deadlines Login Sign up
← all rankings

Best Computer Science

US News 2024 undergraduate CS ranking. Most top schools have separate (much lower) admit rates for direct CS admission 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 MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts 4.5% 1530-1580 35-36 4,600 ~8 est. private View
#2 Stanford Stanford, California 3.6% 1510-1570 34-35 7,904 ~11 est. private View
#3 Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11.1% 1510-1560 33-35 7,369 ~13 est. private View
#4 UC Berkeley Berkeley, California 11.0% — — 33,469 ~40 est. public View
#5 Cornell Ithaca, New York 8.8% 1510-1560 33-35 16,128 ~20 est. private View
#6 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 42.4% 1390-1510 30-34 35,420 ~44 est. public View
#7 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia 12.7% 1370-1530 30-34 18,000 ~40 est. public View
#8 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 39.1% — — 36,000 ~44 est. public View
#9 Princeton Princeton, New Jersey 4.6% 1500-1560 34-35 5,813 ~11 est. private 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
#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% 1240-1440 26-32 18,679 ~40 est. public View
#49 San Jose State San Jose, California 84.6% 1100-1330 24-29 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
made by a high school junior. found a bug? something looks wrong? tell me on the reddit. free chances calculator. Candor Premium is $3/month for the strategy on top.
still grinding your ACT? I also built Forma — real test prep, same honesty.