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+ | 118 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | Carnegie Mellon University+ | 236 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Stanford University+ | 77 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
4 | University of California, Berkeley+ | 97 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
5 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign+ | 102 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
6 | University of Washington+ | 97 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
7 | Cornell University+ | 99 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
8 | University of Michigan+ | 93 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
8 | University of Toronto+ | 105 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
10 | Georgia Institute of Technology+ | 135 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 43 |
11 | University of Texas at Austin+ | 68 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
12 | Princeton University+ | 58 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 52 |
13 | University of California, San Diego+ | 92 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 53 |
14 | University of Maryland+ | 69 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison+ | 56 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 65 |
16 | University of Waterloo+ | 92 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 67 |
17 | Columbia University+ | 57 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 18 | 71 |
18 | University of British Columbia+ | 55 | 3 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 77 |
19 | University of California, Los Angeles+ | 43 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 79 |
20 | University of Pennsylvania+ | 66 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 80 |
21 | University of Massachusetts Amherst+ | 62 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 82 |
22 | Purdue University+ | 74 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 83 |
23 | Harvard University+ | 42 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 48 | 107 |
24 | Northwestern University+ | 50 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 28 | 114 |
25 | New York University+ | 70 | 35 | 22 | 37 | 21 | 115 |
26 | University of Chicago+ | 54 | 24 | 27 | 43 | 22 | 116 |
27 | Brown University+ | 36 | 31 | 40 | 20 | 26 | 117 |
28 | Ohio State University+ | 48 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 119 |
29 | University of California, Irvine+ | 68 | 31 | 26 | 47 | 17 | 121 |
29 | McGill University+ | 33 | 4 | 60 | 34 | 23 | 121 |
31 | University of Southern California+ | 66 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 122 |
32 | Rice University+ | 38 | 31 | 47 | 26 | 30 | 134 |
33 | Rutgers University+ | 53 | 41 | 27 | 40 | 27 | 135 |
34 | Duke University+ | 40 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 54 | 139 |
35 | University of Virginia+ | 49 | 24 | 50 | 33 | 35 | 142 |
36 | Pennsylvania State University+ | 63 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 49 | 145 |
37 | Simon Fraser University+ | 38 | 6 | 38 | 53 | 51 | 148 |
37 | Yale University+ | 44 | 20 | 43 | 21 | 64 | 148 |
39 | Northeastern University+ | 77 | 35 | 12 | 59 | 43 | 149 |
40 | University of Minnesota+ | 51 | 35 | 46 | 28 | 50 | 159 |
41 | University of Colorado Boulder+ | 62 | 35 | 47 | 49 | 31 | 162 |
42 | University of California, Santa Barbara+ | 38 | 24 | 25 | 42 | 75 | 166 |
43 | Virginia Tech+ | 58 | 35 | 54 | 44 | 36 | 169 |
43 | Johns Hopkins University+ | 36 | 23 | 55 | 38 | 53 | 169 |
45 | California Institute of Technology+ | 22 | 14 | 77 | 18 | 61 | 170 |
46 | University of Alberta+ | 46 | 5 | 67 | 65 | 34 | 171 |
47 | University of California, Davis+ | 33 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 41 | 188 |
47 | North Carolina State University+ | 50 | 50 | 53 | 48 | 37 | 188 |
49 | Stony Brook University+ | 59 | 46 | 24 | 45 | 79 | 194 |
50 | University of Utah+ | 60 | 41 | 35 | 55 | 67 | 198 |
51 | Arizona State University+ | 66 | 46 | 50 | 39 | 71 | 206 |
52 | Indiana University Bloomington+ | 59 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 47 | 216 |
53 | Université de Montréal+ | 19 | 7 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 222 |
54 | Texas A&M University+ | 60 | 41 | 38 | 67 | 78 | 224 |
54 | Oregon State University+ | 42 | 65 | 55 | 79 | 25 | 224 |
56 | Washington University in St. Louis+ | 34 | 41 | 63 | 50 | 72 | 226 |
57 | University of Rochester+ | 30 | 60 | 63 | 41 | 69 | 233 |
58 | Iowa State University+ | 35 | 60 | 77 | 60 | 38 | 235 |
59 | University of Notre Dame+ | 34 | 50 | 63 | 81 | 46 | 240 |
60 | University of Pittsburgh+ | 24 | 57 | 57 | 51 | 82 | 247 |
61 | Dartmouth College+ | 21 | 48 | 77 | 57 | 66 | 248 |
62 | University of Florida+ | 41 | 48 | 69 | 58 | 76 | 251 |
63 | University at Buffalo+ | 37 | 65 | 47 | 85 | 56 | 253 |
63 | University of Calgary+ | 28 | 8 | 91 | 92 | 62 | 253 |
65 | Michigan State University+ | 36 | 50 | 62 | 80 | 63 | 255 |
66 | University of California, Santa Cruz+ | 43 | 50 | 40 | 61 | 110 | 261 |
66 | College of William & Mary+ | 20 | 70 | 82 | 64 | 45 | 261 |
68 | Boston University+ | 47 | 50 | 45 | 75 | 93 | 263 |
68 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill+ | 41 | 24 | 159 | 36 | 44 | 263 |
70 | University of Illinois at Chicago+ | 52 | 60 | 44 | 78 | 82 | 264 |
71 | University of California, Riverside+ | 46 | 57 | 34 | 86 | 89 | 266 |
72 | Queen's University+ | 1 | 9 | 118 | 73 | 68 | 268 |
73 | University of Central Florida+ | 41 | 70 | 59 | 63 | 77 | 269 |
74 | University of Arizona+ | 27 | 50 | 87 | 52 | 81 | 270 |
75 | University of Victoria+ | 12 | 91 | 107 | 65 | 275 | |
76 | Tufts University+ | 25 | 60 | 77 | 62 | 80 | 279 |
77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln+ | 21 | 83 | 101 | 76 | 40 | 300 |
78 | George Mason University+ | 48 | 65 | 40 | 74 | 301 | |
79 | Case Western Reserve University+ | 14 | 65 | 101 | 83 | 55 | 304 |
80 | Carleton University+ | 14 | 87 | 136 | 70 | 307 | |
80 | Concordia University+ | 17 | 118 | 113 | 59 | 307 | |
82 | University of Texas at Dallas+ | 54 | 65 | 60 | 98 | 96 | 319 |
82 | Vanderbilt University+ | 26 | 50 | 70 | 77 | 319 | |
84 | University of Oregon+ | 17 | 70 | 87 | 109 | 60 | 326 |
85 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute+ | 26 | 60 | 101 | 46 | 329 | |
86 | University of Delaware+ | 24 | 77 | 70 | 69 | 119 | 335 |
86 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County+ | 23 | 77 | 118 | 88 | 52 | 335 |
88 | Syracuse University+ | 3 | 70 | 101 | 72 | 102 | 345 |
89 | University of Saskatchewan+ | 19 | 159 | 116 | 57 | 351 | |
90 | Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago+ | 11 | 91 | 77 | 139 | 58 | 365 |
91 | Dalhousie University+ | 15 | 127 | 106 | 370 | ||
92 | Clemson University+ | 48 | 77 | 82 | 103 | 109 | 371 |
92 | Florida State University+ | 26 | 91 | 82 | 91 | 107 | 371 |
94 | University of Texas at Arlington+ | 23 | 83 | 70 | 129 | 91 | 373 |
95 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute+ | 24 | 97 | 70 | 112 | 101 | 380 |
96 | Illinois Institute of Technology+ | 21 | 83 | 91 | 95 | 113 | 382 |
96 | University of Iowa+ | 15 | 70 | 101 | 89 | 382 | |
98 | University of Tennessee+ | 33 | 70 | 91 | 101 | 384 | |
98 | Washington State University+ | 43 | 83 | 91 | 94 | 116 | 384 |
100 | Stevens Institute of Technology+ | 16 | 97 | 82 | 119 | 88 | 386 |
101 | Drexel University+ | 10 | 83 | 111 | 99 | 94 | 387 |
102 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte+ | 28 | 97 | 101 | 93 | 97 | 388 |
102 | University of Ottawa+ | 15 | 118 | 133 | 388 | ||
104 | McMaster University+ | 10 | 159 | 118 | 103 | 390 | |
105 | University of New Mexico+ | 16 | 91 | 127 | 100 | 73 | 391 |
106 | Binghamton University+ | 34 | 106 | 70 | 97 | 395 | |
107 | George Washington University+ | 12 | 70 | 111 | 104 | 111 | 396 |
108 | Lehigh University+ | 19 | 91 | 91 | 111 | 107 | 400 |
109 | University of Kansas+ | 9 | 97 | 118 | 66 | 403 | |
110 | Brandeis University+ | 17 | 106 | 118 | 68 | 112 | 404 |
111 | University of Connecticut+ | 25 | 77 | 70 | 141 | 410 | |
111 | Temple University+ | 19 | 97 | 91 | 140 | 82 | 410 |
113 | Georgetown University+ | 20 | 83 | 91 | 120 | 117 | 411 |
114 | Wayne State University+ | 120 | 101 | 70 | 413 | ||
115 | Brigham Young University+ | 97 | 101 | 96 | 416 | ||
116 | Emory University+ | 16 | 77 | 91 | 153 | 99 | 420 |
117 | New Jersey Institute of Technology+ | 1 | 91 | 82 | 126 | 421 | |
118 | University of Houston+ | 25 | 106 | 87 | 108 | 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 | 123 | 447 | ||
122 | Kansas State University+ | 114 | 127 | 87 | 450 | ||
123 | University of South Carolina+ | 114 | 101 | 114 | 451 | ||
124 | Florida International University+ | 1 | 120 | 111 | 117 | 106 | 454 |
125 | Louisiana State University+ | 106 | 143 | 84 | 455 | ||
126 | University of South Florida+ | 13 | 106 | 127 | 105 | 118 | 456 |
127 | University of California, Merced+ | 106 | 66 | 164 | 458 | ||
128 | DePaul University+ | 161 | 127 | 135 | 39 | 462 | |
129 | Université de Sherbrooke+ | 18 | 143 | 470 | |||
130 | Colorado State University+ | 17 | 83 | 127 | 144 | 120 | 474 |
131 | Colorado School of Mines+ | 12 | 83 | 91 | 183 | 479 | |
132 | Auburn University+ | 97 | 127 | 166 | 90 | 480 | |
133 | University of Windsor+ | 19 | 159 | 487 | |||
134 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette+ | 139 | 111 | 121 | 493 | ||
135 | New Mexico State University+ | 120 | 127 | 127 | 496 | ||
136 | University of Massachusetts Lowell+ | 120 | 101 | 159 | 502 | ||
136 | University of Missouri+ | 106 | 159 | 115 | 502 | ||
138 | University of Kentucky+ | 97 | 127 | 97 | 508 | ||
139 | University of North Texas+ | 139 | 118 | 170 | 82 | 509 | |
140 | University of Nevada, Reno+ | 12 | 139 | 127 | 122 | 510 | |
141 | University of Texas at San Antonio+ | 114 | 127 | 181 | 95 | 517 | |
141 | Naval Postgraduate School | 15 | 106 | 143 | 186 | 82 | 517 |
143 | Michigan Technological University+ | 120 | 127 | 150 | 519 | ||
143 | University of Vermont+ | 120 | 143 | 134 | 519 | ||
143 | Western University+ | 11 | 519 | ||||
146 | York University+ | 13 | 521 | ||||
147 | State University of New York at Albany+ | 120 | 159 | 124 | 525 | ||
148 | University of Cincinnati+ | 114 | 143 | 147 | 526 | ||
149 | Southern Methodist University+ | 120 | 187 | 102 | 531 | ||
150 | University of Tulsa+ | 11 | 171 | 159 | 82 | 534 | |
151 | University of New Hampshire+ | 120 | 111 | 540 | |||
152 | University of Memphis+ | 161 | 118 | 158 | 105 | 542 | |
153 | Old Dominion University+ | 139 | 143 | 142 | 546 | ||
153 | University of Massachusetts Boston+ | 120 | 143 | 161 | 546 | ||
155 | University of Oklahoma+ | 120 | 159 | 146 | 547 | ||
156 | Ohio University+ | 152 | 159 | 155 | 82 | 548 | |
157 | University of Arkansas+ | 17 | 152 | 127 | 148 | 549 | |
158 | University of Rhode Island+ | 12 | 139 | 90 | 550 | ||
159 | Kent State University+ | 171 | 127 | 131 | 551 | ||
160 | Utah State University+ | 120 | 159 | 152 | 553 | ||
161 | University of Miami+ | 139 | 159 | 138 | 558 | ||
162 | Texas Tech University+ | 120 | 143 | 174 | 559 | ||
163 | Mississippi State University+ | 152 | 159 | 128 | 561 | ||
164 | Oklahoma State University-Stillwater+ | 139 | 159 | 143 | 563 | ||
165 | Virginia Commonwealth University+ | 139 | 118 | 566 | |||
165 | Georgia State University+ | 114 | 143 | 566 | |||
167 | Oregon Health & Science University+ | 139 | 159 | 149 | 569 | ||
168 | Howard University+ | 120 | 130 | 571 | |||
169 | University of Alabama at Birmingham+ | 120 | 143 | 572 | |||
170 | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs+ | 152 | 127 | 172 | 573 | ||
170 | University of Hawaii at Manoa+ | 139 | 143 | 104 | 573 | ||
170 | Missouri University of Science and Technology+ | 139 | 187 | 125 | 573 | ||
173 | Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis+ | 139 | 127 | 575 | |||
174 | University of Alabama+ | 120 | 159 | 177 | 578 | ||
174 | Florida Atlantic University+ | 152 | 159 | 145 | 578 | ||
176 | University of Texas at El Paso+ | 120 | 159 | 185 | 586 | ||
177 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee+ | 120 | 159 | 588 | |||
178 | West Virginia University+ | 139 | 143 | 120 | 589 | ||
179 | University of Colorado Denver+ | 161 | 159 | 157 | 599 | ||
180 | University of Nebraska Omaha+ | 171 | 143 | 167 | 603 | ||
181 | Rutgers University-Newark+ | 97 | 605 | ||||
182 | Boise State University+ | 161 | 143 | 613 | |||
182 | Wichita State University+ | 161 | 143 | 613 | |||
184 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas+ | 152 | 159 | 620 | |||
185 | University of Wyoming+ | 161 | 159 | 180 | 622 | ||
185 | Graduate Center, CUNY+ | 114 | 622 | ||||
187 | University of Louisville+ | 161 | 187 | 154 | 624 | ||
187 | University of Idaho+ | 171 | 132 | 624 | |||
189 | University of Michigan-Dearborn+ | 185 | 143 | 179 | 629 | ||
190 | Montana State University - Bozeman+ | 171 | 159 | 178 | 630 | ||
191 | University of Denver+ | 171 | 159 | 114 | 631 | ||
192 | Western Michigan University+ | 185 | 159 | 175 | 114 | 633 | |
193 | Cleveland State University+ | 171 | 159 | 639 | |||
194 | University of Alabama in Huntsville+ | 152 | 187 | 648 | |||
194 | University of Maine+ | 171 | 156 | 648 | |||
196 | Florida Institute of Technology+ | 171 | 187 | 169 | 649 | ||
197 | University of New Orleans+ | 193 | 159 | 176 | 650 | ||
198 | Pace University+ | 193 | 137 | 651 | |||
199 | University of Missouri-Kansas City+ | 161 | 187 | 182 | 652 | ||
200 | Towson University+ | 185 | 159 | 653 | |||
200 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology+ | 171 | 187 | 173 | 653 | ||
202 | Air Force Institute of Technology+ | 161 | 187 | 657 | |||
202 | Marquette University+ | 152 | 184 | 657 | |||
204 | University of Mississippi+ | 152 | 660 | ||||
205 | University of Southern Mississippi+ | 193 | 159 | 661 | |||
206 | Oakland University+ | 185 | 187 | 168 | 662 | ||
207 | Tennessee Technological University+ | 193 | 151 | 665 | |||
208 | Indiana State University+ | 171 | 187 | 667 | |||
209 | Wright State University+ | 161 | 669 | ||||
210 | University of Toledo+ | 185 | 171 | 677 | |||
211 | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University+ | 171 | 679 | ||||
211 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock+ | 171 | 679 | ||||
211 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez+ | 171 | 679 | ||||
214 | North Dakota State University+ | 185 | 187 | 681 | |||
215 | University of South Alabama+ | 201 | 160 | 682 | |||
216 | University of Bridgeport+ | 202 | 162 | 685 | |||
217 | Chapman University+ | 202 | 100 | 688 | |||
217 | The Catholic University of America+ | 202 | 165 | 688 | |||
219 | Louisiana Tech University+ | 185 | 693 | ||||
219 | Carolina Greensboro+ | 185 | 693 | ||||
221 | Bowie State University+ | 193 | 701 | ||||
221 | Dakota State University+ | 193 | 701 | ||||
221 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale+ | 193 | 701 | ||||
221 | Tennessee State University+ | 193 | 701 | ||||
225 | Nova Southeastern University+ | 208 | 187 | 704 | |||
226 | Claremont Graduate University+ | 202 | 710 | ||||
226 | LIU Post+ | 202 | 710 | ||||
226 | Walden University+ | 202 | 710 |