GRE Scores for Computer Engineering
The average GRE scores for graduate admissions in top Computer Engineering Programs are very high.
For top 20 Computer engineering programs, the average GRE Quant score for admitted applicants is 165.
University of Texas at Austin stands out with the highest average quant GRE score of 169. University of Iowa at Iowa city has a minimum requirement of 145.
Average verbal score for nearly all top programs is around 155. So verbal scores are not that demanding.
Georgia tech has been very generous at giving full scholarships to most of its admitted applicants. As is the case, graduate and teaching assistantships are generously available as well.
Let’s take a look at the average GRE scores of top 120 MS programs in Computer Engineering/Sciences in the US.
Rank | Name | Average GRE Quant Score |
---|---|---|
1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 166 |
2 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 165 |
3 | University of California—?Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 166 |
4 | University of Illinois—?Urbana-?Champaign Urbana, IL | 164 |
5 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | 166 |
6 | University of Michigan—?Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 165 |
7 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 165 |
8 | University of Texas—?Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX | 169 |
9 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 167 |
10 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 164 |
11 | Purdue University—?West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN | 163 |
12 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | 164 |
13 | University of Wisconsin—?Madison Madison, WI | 166 |
14 | University of California—?San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA | 166 |
15 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA | 167 |
16 | Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY | 166 |
17 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 166 |
18 | Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX | 165 |
19 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 162 |
20 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | 164 |
21 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | 163 |
22 | Pennsylvania State University—?University Park University Park, PA | 164 |
23 | Texas A&M University—?College Station College Station, TX | 164 |
24 | Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC | 166 |
25 | Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD | 164 |
26 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC | 166 |
27 | Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL | 164 |
28 | University of Minnesota—?Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 164 |
29 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 164 |
30 | University of California—?Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA | 163 |
31 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 162 |
32 | Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ | 165 |
33 | Brown University Providence, RI | 162 |
34 | University of Colorado—?Boulder Boulder, CO | 164 |
35 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | 164 |
36 | Boston University Boston, MA | 162 |
37 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 162 |
38 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | 163 |
39 | University of California—?Davis Davis, CA | 163 |
40 | University of Massachusetts—?Amherst Amherst, MA | 165 |
41 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | 168 |
42 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 163 |
43 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—?New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ | 163 |
44 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 162 |
45 | University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) Pittsburgh, PA | 164 |
46 | Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH | 167 |
47 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | 161 |
48 | Washington State University Pullman, WA | 160 |
49 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 162 |
50 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 162 |
51 | University of California—?Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA | 165 |
52 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 160 |
53 | University of Tennessee—?Knoxville (Tickle) Knoxville, TN | 162 |
54 | University of Texas—?Dallas (Jonsson) Richardson, TX | 164 |
55 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 158 |
56 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 165 |
57 | Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA | 160 |
58 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 165 |
59 | Stony Brook University—?SUNY Stony Brook, NY | 162 |
60 | University at Buffalo—?SUNY Buffalo, NY | 164 |
61 | University of California—?Santa Cruz (Baskin) Santa Cruz, CA | 157 |
62 | University of Maryland—?Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | 161 |
63 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | 167 |
64 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO | 162 |
65 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 160 |
66 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | 163 |
67 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 160 |
68 | University of Illinois—?Chicago Chicago, IL | 158 |
69 | University of Texas—?Arlington Arlington, TX | 163 |
70 | Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn, AL | 163 |
71 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 162 |
72 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | 159 |
73 | Southern Methodist University (Lyle) Dallas, TX | 169 |
74 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | 161 |
75 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | 145 |
76 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | 160 |
77 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 156 |
78 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO | 159 |
79 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA | 160 |
80 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | 161 |
81 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | 161 |
82 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | 158 |
83 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL | 164 |
84 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | 160 |
85 | Binghamton University—?SUNY (Watson) Binghamton, NY | 162 |
86 | Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT | 159 |
87 | George Mason University (Volgenau) Fairfax, VA | 160 |
88 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL | 159 |
89 | Louisiana State University—?Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | 162 |
90 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | 159 |
91 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 160 |
92 | Portland State University (Maseeh) Portland, OR | 157 |
93 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | 161 |
94 | University of Hawaii—?Manoa Honolulu, HI | 156 |
95 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC | 158 |
96 | University of Wisconsin—?Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 159 |
97 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | 156 |
98 | Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Patterson AFB, OH | 161 |
99 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | 158 |
100 | University of Massachusetts—?Lowell (Francis) Lowell, MA | 161 |
101 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK | 158 |
102 | Indiana University-?Purdue University—?Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | 157 |
103 | New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM | 157 |
104 | University of Alabama—?Huntsville Huntsville, AL | 159 |
105 | University of Arkansas—?Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR | 157 |
106 | University of Louisville (Speed) Louisville, KY | 159 |
107 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 161 |
108 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | 160 |
109 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | 157 |
110 | West Virginia University (Statler) Morgantown, WV | 156 |
111 | Wright State University Dayton, OH | 157 |
112 | Florida A&M University -? Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | 159 |
113 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | 160 |
114 | University of Akron Akron, OH | 152 |
115 | University of Arkansas—?Little Rock Little Rock, AR | 154 |
116 | University of Colorado—?Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | 160 |
117 | Boise State University Boise, ID | 155 |
118 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | 158 |
119 | Montana State University Bozeman, MT | 151 |