A ranking based on reputation of graduate programs, compiled from the survey responses of academics to produce a peer assessment score per university. Click here and here for more information.
Rankings are an ideology. Each is biased in its own way. So choose and combine existing rankings to generate your preferred meta ranking for computer science programs in the United States and Canada. Ranking sources represent: reputation (U.S. News* U.S. News provides data for universities in the United States and Maclean's provides data for universities in Canada ), faculty publications (csrankings.org* The rankings shown under the csrankings.org column may differ from their website because of different subfields and implementation of geometric mean count. ), academic placement (placement rank), and recognition (best paper awards). Use this to find the best computer science program for you in artificial intelligence, systems, or theory.
# | university | sizeNumber of permanent faculty who can advise computer science Ph.D. students, as listed on at: https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/csprofessors | U.S. NewsReputation rankings gathered by U.S. News for American Universities and MacLean's for Canadian Universities | csrankings.orgRankings based on faculty publications calculated using a similar methodology as csrankings.org | placement rankPageRank-style ranking based on placement of bachelors and doctorate graduates into professor positions | best paper awardsRanking of university for winning best paper awards as listed on: https://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards/ | totalSum of the ranking numbers in the 4 rankings |
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1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology+ | 119 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | Carnegie Mellon University+ | 251 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Stanford University+ | 82 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
4 | University of California, Berkeley+ | 100 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
5 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign+ | 104 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
6 | University of Washington+ | 102 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
7 | Cornell University+ | 100 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
8 | University of Michigan+ | 97 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
9 | University of Toronto+ | 107 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
10 | University of Texas at Austin+ | 69 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
11 | Georgia Institute of Technology+ | 138 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 43 |
12 | Princeton University+ | 60 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 52 |
13 | University of California, San Diego+ | 95 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 53 |
14 | University of Maryland+ | 71 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
15 | University of Waterloo+ | 90 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 65 |
16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison+ | 56 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 67 |
17 | Columbia University+ | 59 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 69 |
18 | University of British Columbia+ | 56 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 75 |
19 | University of Pennsylvania+ | 69 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 80 |
19 | University of California, Los Angeles+ | 49 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 80 |
21 | University of Massachusetts Amherst+ | 69 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 81 |
22 | Purdue University+ | 76 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 33 | 87 |
23 | Harvard University+ | 43 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 48 | 106 |
24 | University of Chicago+ | 54 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 22 | 113 |
24 | Brown University+ | 37 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 113 |
26 | New York University+ | 72 | 35 | 22 | 37 | 21 | 115 |
27 | University of California, Irvine+ | 69 | 31 | 26 | 43 | 17 | 117 |
28 | Ohio State University+ | 43 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 119 |
29 | University of Southern California+ | 67 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 42 | 121 |
30 | McGill University+ | 31 | 4 | 60 | 36 | 23 | 123 |
31 | Rutgers University+ | 57 | 41 | 27 | 39 | 27 | 134 |
31 | Rice University+ | 37 | 31 | 47 | 26 | 30 | 134 |
33 | Duke University+ | 39 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 137 |
34 | University of Virginia+ | 50 | 24 | 50 | 32 | 35 | 141 |
35 | Northwestern University+ | 63 | 31 | 33 | 51 | 28 | 143 |
36 | Pennsylvania State University+ | 65 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 49 | 144 |
37 | Yale University+ | 45 | 20 | 43 | 19 | 64 | 146 |
38 | Northeastern University+ | 83 | 35 | 12 | 63 | 43 | 153 |
39 | University of Minnesota+ | 52 | 35 | 46 | 27 | 50 | 158 |
40 | University of California, Santa Barbara+ | 38 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 75 | 159 |
41 | University of Colorado Boulder+ | 63 | 35 | 47 | 47 | 31 | 160 |
42 | Johns Hopkins University+ | 39 | 23 | 55 | 34 | 53 | 165 |
43 | Simon Fraser University+ | 39 | 6 | 38 | 71 | 51 | 166 |
43 | University of Alberta+ | 46 | 5 | 67 | 60 | 34 | 166 |
45 | California Institute of Technology+ | 22 | 14 | 77 | 17 | 61 | 169 |
46 | Virginia Tech+ | 60 | 35 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 170 |
47 | North Carolina State University+ | 52 | 50 | 53 | 44 | 37 | 184 |
48 | University of California, Davis+ | 34 | 41 | 50 | 54 | 41 | 186 |
49 | University of Utah+ | 63 | 41 | 35 | 46 | 67 | 189 |
50 | Stony Brook University+ | 57 | 46 | 24 | 48 | 79 | 197 |
51 | Indiana University Bloomington+ | 60 | 57 | 58 | 55 | 47 | 217 |
51 | Washington University in St. Louis+ | 34 | 41 | 63 | 41 | 72 | 217 |
53 | Arizona State University+ | 61 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 71 | 219 |
53 | Université de Montréal+ | 19 | 7 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 219 |
55 | Texas A&M University+ | 61 | 41 | 38 | 66 | 78 | 223 |
56 | Oregon State University+ | 42 | 65 | 55 | 79 | 25 | 224 |
57 | Iowa State University+ | 34 | 60 | 77 | 58 | 38 | 233 |
58 | University of Rochester+ | 29 | 60 | 63 | 42 | 69 | 234 |
59 | University of Pittsburgh+ | 25 | 57 | 57 | 50 | 82 | 246 |
60 | Dartmouth College+ | 23 | 48 | 77 | 56 | 66 | 247 |
61 | University at Buffalo+ | 39 | 65 | 47 | 81 | 56 | 249 |
61 | University of Notre Dame+ | 33 | 50 | 63 | 90 | 46 | 249 |
63 | University of Florida+ | 41 | 48 | 69 | 57 | 76 | 250 |
64 | University of Calgary+ | 28 | 8 | 91 | 92 | 62 | 253 |
65 | University of Illinois at Chicago+ | 51 | 60 | 44 | 72 | 82 | 258 |
65 | College of William & Mary+ | 20 | 70 | 82 | 61 | 45 | 258 |
67 | University of California, Santa Cruz+ | 47 | 50 | 40 | 59 | 110 | 259 |
68 | Michigan State University+ | 30 | 50 | 62 | 86 | 63 | 261 |
69 | University of California, Riverside+ | 46 | 57 | 34 | 85 | 89 | 265 |
69 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill+ | 45 | 24 | 159 | 38 | 44 | 265 |
71 | Queen's University+ | 9 | 118 | 73 | 68 | 268 | |
72 | University of Central Florida+ | 42 | 70 | 59 | 65 | 77 | 271 |
72 | University of Arizona+ | 28 | 50 | 87 | 53 | 81 | 271 |
74 | University of Victoria+ | 12 | 91 | 106 | 65 | 274 | |
75 | Tufts University+ | 15 | 60 | 77 | 62 | 80 | 279 |
76 | Boston University+ | 46 | 50 | 45 | 93 | 93 | 281 |
77 | George Mason University+ | 47 | 65 | 40 | 74 | 301 | |
77 | Case Western Reserve University+ | 14 | 65 | 101 | 80 | 55 | 301 |
77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln+ | 22 | 83 | 101 | 77 | 40 | 301 |
80 | Concordia University+ | 17 | 118 | 112 | 59 | 306 | |
81 | Vanderbilt University+ | 24 | 50 | 70 | 78 | 320 | |
82 | University of Texas at Dallas+ | 54 | 65 | 60 | 100 | 96 | 321 |
83 | University of Oregon+ | 18 | 70 | 87 | 105 | 60 | 322 |
84 | Carleton University+ | 14 | 87 | 159 | 70 | 330 | |
85 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute+ | 28 | 60 | 101 | 49 | 332 | |
86 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County+ | 23 | 77 | 118 | 88 | 52 | 335 |
87 | University of Delaware+ | 25 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 119 | 336 |
88 | Syracuse University+ | 70 | 101 | 75 | 102 | 348 | |
89 | University of Saskatchewan+ | 19 | 159 | 114 | 57 | 349 | |
90 | Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago+ | 11 | 91 | 77 | 137 | 58 | 363 |
91 | Stevens Institute of Technology+ | 15 | 97 | 82 | 103 | 88 | 370 |
92 | Florida State University+ | 26 | 91 | 82 | 91 | 107 | 371 |
93 | Clemson University+ | 44 | 77 | 82 | 104 | 109 | 372 |
93 | Dalhousie University+ | 15 | 127 | 108 | 372 | ||
95 | University of Texas at Arlington+ | 21 | 83 | 70 | 129 | 91 | 373 |
96 | University of Iowa+ | 16 | 70 | 101 | 83 | 376 | |
97 | University of Tennessee+ | 33 | 70 | 91 | 98 | 381 | |
98 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute+ | 24 | 97 | 70 | 116 | 101 | 384 |
98 | Washington State University+ | 45 | 83 | 91 | 94 | 116 | 384 |
98 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte+ | 28 | 97 | 101 | 89 | 97 | 384 |
101 | Illinois Institute of Technology+ | 9 | 83 | 91 | 99 | 113 | 386 |
101 | University of New Mexico+ | 16 | 91 | 127 | 95 | 73 | 386 |
103 | University of Ottawa+ | 15 | 118 | 133 | 388 | ||
104 | McMaster University+ | 10 | 159 | 119 | 103 | 391 | |
105 | Binghamton University+ | 27 | 106 | 70 | 96 | 394 | |
105 | Temple University+ | 11 | 97 | 91 | 124 | 82 | 394 |
105 | George Washington University+ | 12 | 70 | 111 | 102 | 111 | 394 |
108 | Drexel University+ | 83 | 111 | 109 | 94 | 397 | |
109 | Brandeis University+ | 18 | 106 | 118 | 64 | 112 | 400 |
110 | University of Kansas+ | 9 | 97 | 118 | 67 | 404 | |
111 | University of Connecticut+ | 25 | 77 | 70 | 142 | 411 | |
111 | Georgetown University+ | 20 | 83 | 91 | 120 | 117 | 411 |
113 | Wayne State University+ | 120 | 101 | 69 | 412 | ||
114 | Emory University+ | 15 | 77 | 91 | 150 | 99 | 417 |
114 | Brigham Young University+ | 97 | 101 | 97 | 417 | ||
116 | Lehigh University+ | 19 | 91 | 91 | 130 | 107 | 419 |
117 | University of Houston+ | 25 | 106 | 87 | 107 | 422 | |
118 | New Jersey Institute of Technology+ | 91 | 82 | 128 | 423 | ||
119 | Rochester Institute of Technology+ | 12 | 77 | 67 | 163 | 429 | |
120 | Portland State University+ | 120 | 111 | 110 | 92 | 433 | |
121 | University of Georgia+ | 91 | 111 | 111 | 435 | ||
122 | University of South Carolina+ | 114 | 101 | 113 | 450 | ||
122 | Kansas State University+ | 114 | 127 | 87 | 450 | ||
124 | University of South Florida+ | 13 | 106 | 127 | 101 | 118 | 452 |
125 | Louisiana State University+ | 106 | 143 | 82 | 453 | ||
126 | University of California, Merced+ | 106 | 66 | 160 | 454 | ||
127 | Florida International University+ | 1 | 120 | 111 | 118 | 106 | 455 |
128 | DePaul University+ | 161 | 127 | 134 | 39 | 461 | |
129 | Université de Sherbrooke+ | 18 | 143 | 467 | |||
130 | Colorado State University+ | 17 | 83 | 127 | 143 | 120 | 473 |
131 | Colorado School of Mines+ | 12 | 83 | 91 | 181 | 477 | |
132 | Auburn University+ | 97 | 127 | 165 | 90 | 479 | |
133 | University of Windsor+ | 19 | 159 | 484 | |||
134 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette+ | 139 | 111 | 121 | 493 | ||
135 | Michigan Technological University+ | 120 | 127 | 126 | 495 | ||
136 | University of Massachusetts Lowell+ | 120 | 101 | 155 | 498 | ||
136 | Naval Postgraduate School | 17 | 106 | 143 | 167 | 82 | 498 |
138 | University of Texas at San Antonio+ | 114 | 127 | 164 | 95 | 500 | |
139 | University of Kentucky+ | 97 | 127 | 97 | 505 | ||
139 | New Mexico State University+ | 120 | 127 | 136 | 505 | ||
141 | University of North Texas+ | 139 | 118 | 170 | 82 | 509 | |
142 | University of Missouri+ | 106 | 159 | 123 | 510 | ||
143 | University of Nevada, Reno+ | 14 | 139 | 127 | 127 | 515 | |
144 | Western University+ | 11 | 516 | ||||
145 | York University+ | 13 | 518 | ||||
146 | State University of New York at Albany+ | 120 | 159 | 122 | 523 | ||
147 | University of Cincinnati+ | 114 | 143 | 146 | 525 | ||
148 | University of Tulsa+ | 11 | 171 | 159 | 76 | 528 | |
149 | University of Vermont+ | 120 | 143 | 144 | 529 | ||
150 | University of New Hampshire+ | 120 | 111 | 537 | |||
150 | University of Memphis+ | 161 | 118 | 153 | 105 | 537 | |
152 | University of Massachusetts Boston+ | 120 | 143 | 158 | 543 | ||
153 | Old Dominion University+ | 139 | 143 | 140 | 544 | ||
153 | University of Rhode Island+ | 12 | 139 | 84 | 544 | ||
155 | University of Oklahoma+ | 120 | 159 | 145 | 546 | ||
155 | Southern Methodist University+ | 120 | 187 | 117 | 546 | ||
157 | University of Arkansas+ | 17 | 152 | 127 | 147 | 548 | |
158 | Utah State University+ | 120 | 159 | 149 | 550 | ||
159 | Kent State University+ | 171 | 127 | 132 | 552 | ||
160 | Ohio University+ | 152 | 159 | 161 | 82 | 554 | |
161 | Texas Tech University+ | 120 | 143 | 172 | 557 | ||
162 | Mississippi State University+ | 152 | 159 | 125 | 558 | ||
162 | Oklahoma State University-Stillwater+ | 139 | 159 | 138 | 558 | ||
164 | University of Miami+ | 139 | 159 | 139 | 559 | ||
165 | Virginia Commonwealth University+ | 139 | 118 | 563 | |||
165 | Georgia State University+ | 114 | 143 | 563 | |||
165 | Missouri University of Science and Technology+ | 139 | 187 | 115 | 563 | ||
168 | University of Alabama at Birmingham+ | 120 | 143 | 569 | |||
169 | University of Hawaii at Manoa+ | 139 | 143 | 104 | 570 | ||
170 | Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis+ | 139 | 127 | 572 | |||
170 | Howard University+ | 120 | 131 | 572 | |||
172 | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs+ | 152 | 127 | 175 | 576 | ||
173 | University of Texas at El Paso+ | 120 | 159 | 183 | 584 | ||
174 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee+ | 120 | 159 | 585 | |||
174 | University of Alabama+ | 120 | 159 | 585 | |||
176 | West Virginia University+ | 139 | 143 | 120 | 586 | ||
177 | Florida Atlantic University+ | 152 | 159 | 157 | 590 | ||
178 | University of Colorado Denver+ | 161 | 159 | 152 | 594 | ||
179 | University of Nebraska Omaha+ | 171 | 143 | 166 | 602 | ||
179 | Rutgers University-Newark+ | 97 | 602 | ||||
181 | Oregon Health & Science University+ | 139 | 159 | 604 | |||
182 | Boise State University+ | 161 | 143 | 610 | |||
182 | Wichita State University+ | 161 | 143 | 610 | |||
184 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas+ | 152 | 159 | 617 | |||
185 | Graduate Center, CUNY+ | 114 | 619 | ||||
186 | University of Wyoming+ | 161 | 159 | 179 | 621 | ||
186 | University of Louisville+ | 161 | 187 | 151 | 621 | ||
188 | University of Idaho+ | 171 | 135 | 627 | |||
189 | University of Michigan-Dearborn+ | 185 | 143 | 178 | 628 | ||
189 | University of Denver+ | 171 | 159 | 114 | 628 | ||
191 | Montana State University - Bozeman+ | 171 | 159 | 177 | 629 | ||
192 | Western Michigan University+ | 185 | 159 | 176 | 114 | 634 | |
193 | Cleveland State University+ | 171 | 159 | 636 | |||
194 | University of Alabama in Huntsville+ | 152 | 187 | 645 | |||
195 | University of New Orleans+ | 193 | 159 | 174 | 648 | ||
196 | Florida Institute of Technology+ | 171 | 187 | 169 | 649 | ||
197 | Towson University+ | 185 | 159 | 650 | |||
197 | University of Missouri-Kansas City+ | 161 | 187 | 180 | 650 | ||
199 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology+ | 171 | 187 | 171 | 651 | ||
200 | Air Force Institute of Technology+ | 161 | 187 | 654 | |||
200 | University of Maine+ | 171 | 162 | 654 | |||
202 | Marquette University+ | 152 | 182 | 655 | |||
202 | Pace University+ | 193 | 141 | 655 | |||
204 | University of Mississippi+ | 152 | 657 | ||||
205 | University of Southern Mississippi+ | 193 | 159 | 658 | |||
206 | Tennessee Technological University+ | 193 | 148 | 662 | |||
207 | Indiana State University+ | 171 | 187 | 664 | |||
208 | Wright State University+ | 161 | 666 | ||||
209 | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University+ | 171 | 676 | ||||
209 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock+ | 171 | 676 | ||||
209 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez+ | 171 | 676 | ||||
212 | University of Bridgeport+ | 202 | 154 | 677 | |||
213 | North Dakota State University+ | 185 | 187 | 678 | |||
213 | Oakland University+ | 185 | 187 | 678 | |||
213 | University of South Alabama+ | 201 | 156 | 678 | |||
216 | University of Toledo+ | 185 | 173 | 679 | |||
217 | Chapman University+ | 202 | 100 | 685 | |||
218 | Louisiana Tech University+ | 185 | 690 | ||||
218 | Carolina Greensboro+ | 185 | 690 | ||||
220 | The Catholic University of America+ | 202 | 168 | 691 | |||
221 | Bowie State University+ | 193 | 698 | ||||
221 | Dakota State University+ | 193 | 698 | ||||
221 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale+ | 193 | 698 | ||||
221 | Tennessee State University+ | 193 | 698 | ||||
225 | Nova Southeastern University+ | 208 | 187 | 701 | |||
226 | Claremont Graduate University+ | 202 | 707 | ||||
226 | LIU Post+ | 202 | 707 | ||||
226 | Walden University+ | 202 | 707 |