计算机工程（Computer Engineering）是一个以电机工程学和计算机科学的部分交叉领域为内容的工程学，其主要任务是设计及实现计算机系统。简言之，计算机工程学就是研究计算机如何运作并且做到更快捷更精准。其主要包括两方面：计算机软件与硬件工程。计算机工程学学生通过学习数学、物理、计算机科学相关课程，分析设计和研发计算机软件与硬件（计算机芯片、电路板、调制调节器和打印机）。
计算机软件（硬件）工程师：据美国劳工局数据报告：自2008-2018年，软件工程师覆盖率将会迅速发展，自2010-2020，软件工程师预期增长30%，而硬件工程师预计增长9%。如今，计算机硬件工程已经堪比电子与计算机工程（ECE）
求职机构：福特汽车（Ford Motor）、通用汽车、ETE、IBM、德州仪器、惠普、摩托罗拉软件工程公司、电信公司、数字硬件设计
从事职业：网页设计员、站长、网站程序员、软件开发工程师、机器人工程师、技术员、教授、网络工程师、管理顾问、计算机系统分析师、航空电子技术员、航空航天工程师。
计算机硬件工程师：
2015USNews美国大学研究生计算机工程专业排名
| 开设学位 | BS、MS、M.Eng、PhD |
| 平均薪水 | 计算机工程师：$101,360 |
| 签证敏感度 | 是 |
| 高中课程准备 | 理科 |
| 所属专业领域 | 工科 |
| 相关排名 | 2015USNEWS计算机工程排名 |
课程列表
| 微积分 | Calculus |
| 微分方程 | Differential Equations |
| 物理 | Physics |
| 计算机编程 | Computer Programming |
| 软件工程 | Software Engineering |
| 编程语言 | Programming Languages |
| 操作系统 | Operating Systems |
| 技术交流 | Technical Communication |
| 流体与热力学工程 | Fluid and Thermal Engineering |
| 电路分析 | Circuit Analysis |
| 数字逻辑 | Digital Logic |
| 静力学与动力学 | Statics and Dynamics |
| 电磁 | Electromagnetic |
| 微电子电路 | Microelectronic Circuits |
| 数据结构与算法 | Data Structures and Algorithms |
就业状况
大部分计算机工程毕业生需持有本专业或相关专业（电子工程）最低本科学位毕业证书；据美国劳工局（BLS）数据显示：计算机工程与电子工程不同就在于开设有计算机科学相关课程。现在，美国某些大公司或专业职位越来越多的要求是硕士毕业生。因此，更多的此专业的学生选择继续深造，寻求更大发展空间。计算机软件（硬件）工程师：据美国劳工局数据报告：自2008-2018年，软件工程师覆盖率将会迅速发展，自2010-2020，软件工程师预期增长30%，而硬件工程师预计增长9%。如今，计算机硬件工程已经堪比电子与计算机工程（ECE）
求职机构：福特汽车（Ford Motor）、通用汽车、ETE、IBM、德州仪器、惠普、摩托罗拉软件工程公司、电信公司、数字硬件设计
从事职业：网页设计员、站长、网站程序员、软件开发工程师、机器人工程师、技术员、教授、网络工程师、管理顾问、计算机系统分析师、航空电子技术员、航空航天工程师。
计算机硬件工程师：
| 州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
| 加州 | 22,360 | $55.08 | $114,560 |
| 德克萨斯州 | 9,040 | $47.22 | $98,210 |
| 马里兰州 | 4,650 | $50.60 | $105,250 |
| 麻省 | 3,680 | $53.43 | $111,140 |
| 科罗拉多州 | 3,100 | $51.74 | $107,620 |
系统软件开发师：
| 州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
| 加州 | 80,130 |
$55.50 |
$115,440 |
| 德克萨斯州 | 32,660 |
$47.80 |
$99,420 |
| 维吉尼亚州 | 30,680 |
$54.34 |
$113,020 |
| 麻省 | 29,220 |
$53.17 |
$110,600 |
| 纽约 | 17,630 |
$46.97 |
$97,700 |
应用软件开发师：
| 州名 | 就业人数 | 薪水/h | 薪水/年 |
| 加州 | 88,260 | $50.54 | $105,120 |
| 德克萨斯州 | 41,530 | $44.73 | $93,030 |
| 华盛顿 | 39,650 | $48.15 | $100,160 |
| 纽约 | 38,270 | $47.89 | $99,610 |
| 维吉尼亚州 | 32,610 | $48.58 | $101,050 |
2015USNews美国大学研究生计算机工程专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 工程专业研究生注册总人数 |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
$43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
| #2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$45,480 per year (full-time) | 3,517 |
| #2 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
| #4 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
$40,000 per year (full-time) | 3,157 |
| #5 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL |
$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
| #6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
| #7 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
| #8 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$29,530 per year (full-time) | 1,812 |
| #9 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
| #9 | University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX |
$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,397 |
| #11 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
$40,170 per year (full-time) | 576 |
| #11 | University of California-San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,715 |
| #13 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA |
$29,448 per year (full-time) | 4,857 |
| #13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
| #15 | University of Maryland-College Park (Clark) College Park, MD |
$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,150 |
| #15 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,139 |
| #17 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY |
$39,360 per year (full-time) | 2,827 |
| #18 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
| #18 | Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX |
$38,260 per year (full-time) | 760 |
| #18 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 765 |
| #21 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD |
$45,470 per year (full-time) | 3,296 |
| #21 | Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL |
$45,120 per year (full-time) | 1,799 |
| #21 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA |
$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
| #21 | Texas A&M University-College Station (Look) College Station, TX |
$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,066 |
| #21 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,928 |
| #21 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$28,768 per year (full-time) | 1,609 |
| #27 | Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC |
$47,100 per year (full-time) | 981 |
| #27 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$38,888 per year (full-time) | 449 |
| #27 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
| #27 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,193 |
| #31 | Brown University Providence, RI |
$44,608 per year (full-time) | 321 |
| #31 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,162 |
| #31 | University of California-Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA |
$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,325 |
| #31 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
| #35 | Iowa State University Ames, IA |
$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,161 |
| #35 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
$45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
| #35 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA |
$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,130 |
| #35 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
$36,500 per year (full-time) | 196 |
| #39 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,041 |
| #39 | University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO |
$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,623 |
| #39 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 655 |
| #42 | Boston University Boston, MA |
$43,970 per year (full-time) | 907 |
| #42 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA |
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 882 |
| #44 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH |
$45,445 per year (full-time) | 291 |
| #44 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 |
| #44 | Northeastern University Boston, MA |
$1,315 per credit (full-time) | 2,690 |
| #44 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
$43,980 per year (full-time) | 484 |
| #44 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
$44,100 per year (full-time) | 879 |
| #49 | New York University Brooklyn, NY |
$1,363 per credit (full-time) | 2,365 |
| #49 | University of California-Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 594 |
| #49 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 412 |
| #49 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,180 |
| #53 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
$38,588 per year (full-time) | 633 |
| #53 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
$29,295 per year (full-time) | 1,146 |
| #53 | Stony Brook University-SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,393 |
| #53 | University of California-Santa Cruz (Baskin) Santa Cruz, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 388 |
| #53 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN |
$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 980 |
| #58 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
$357 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,182 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,264 |
| #58 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 873 |
| #58 | University of Delaware Newark, DE |
$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 887 |
| #58 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) Pittsburgh, PA |
$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,067 |
| #58 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$1,395 per credit (full-time) | 605 |
| #63 | Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL |
$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 883 |
| #63 | Clemson University Clemson, SC |
$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,427 |
| #63 | Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA |
$1,300 per credit (full-time) | 826 |
| #63 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ |
$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,356 |
| #63 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 912 |
| #63 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
$1,294 per credit (full-time) | 996 |
| #63 | University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, IL |
$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,117 |
| #63 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 637 |
| #63 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
$5,433 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 788 |
| #63 | University of Texas-Dallas (Jonsson) Richardson, TX |
$11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,096 |
| #73 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL |
$1,204 per credit (full-time) | 1,587 |
| #73 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO |
$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,196 |
| #73 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 |
| #73 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 |
| #77 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 468 |
| #77 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) Lubbock, TX |
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 728 |
| #77 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 870 |
| #77 | University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX |
$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,208 |
| #77 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI |
$11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 231 |
| #77 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL |
$10,428 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,126 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 865 |
| #77 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
$23,058 per year (full-time) | 1,125 |
| #84 | Binghamton University-SUNY (Watson) Binghamton, NY |
$11,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,954 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 823 |
| #84 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 928 |
| #84 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
$1,130 per credit (full-time) | 936 |
| #84 | Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) Hoboken, NJ |
$30,200 per year (full-time) | 1,861 |
| #84 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL |
$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 339 |
| #84 | University of Alabama-Huntsville Huntsville, AL |
$8,912 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 729 |
| #84 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 518 |
| #84 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
$1,730 per credit (full-time) | 276 |
| #84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,022 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 606 |
| #84 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 |
| #84 | University of Texas-Arlington Arlington, TX |
$8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,100 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,803 |
| #84 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
$9,541 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 248 |
| #84 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
$8,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,906 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 698 |
| #97 | Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Patterson AFB, OH |
N/A | N/A |
| #97 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY |
$1,324 per credit (full-time) | 204 |
| #97 | George Mason University (Volgenau) Fairfax, VA |
$11,750 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,754 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,599 |
| #97 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN |
$359 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 260 |
| #97 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI |
$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 907 |
| #97 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA |
$830 per credit (full-time) | 710 |
| #97 | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR |
$362 per credit (in-state, full-time); $855 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 459 |
| #97 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
$6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 651 |
| #97 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI |
$643 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,288 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,019 |