Rank/School Average reputation score (5 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
1. Stanford University (CA) 5.0
3. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.9
3. University of California–Berkeley 4.9
5. Cornell University (NY) 4.5
5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.5
7. University of Washington 4.3
8. Princeton University (NJ) 4.2
9. University of Texas–Austin 4.1
9. University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.1
11. California Institute of Technology 3.9
11. University of Maryland–College Park 3.9
13. Brown University (RI) 3.8
13. Georgia Institute of Technology 3.8
13. University of California–Los Angeles 3.8
13. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 3.8
17. Harvard University (MA) 3.7
17. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.7
17. Rice University (TX) 3.7
17. Yale University (CT) 3.7
21. Columbia University (NY) 3.6
21. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.6
21. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 3.6
21. University of Southern California 3.6
25. University of California–San Diego 3.5
25. University of Pennsylvania 3.5
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. University of California–Berkeley
5. University of Texas–Austin
6. University of Massachusetts–Amherst
7. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. University of Maryland–College Park
9. University of Washington
Computer Science Specialties: Databases
1. Stanford University (CA)
2. University of California–Berkeley
3. University of Wisconsin–Madison
4. University of Maryland–College Park
5. Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
6. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
8. University of Texas–Austin
9. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Science Specialties: Graphics: User Interaction
1. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University (CA)
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
5. University of Utah
6. Brown University (RI)
7. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
8. University of California–Berkeley
9. University of Washington
10. Cornell University (NY)
Computer Science Specialties: Hardware
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. University of California–Berkeley
3. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
4. Stanford University (CA)
5. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
6. University of Wisconsin–Madison
7. University of Washington
8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
9. California Institute of Technology
10. University of Texas–Austin
Computer Science Specialties: Software
1. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. University of California–Berkeley
4. Stanford University (CA)
5. University of Washington
6. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
7. University of Wisconsin–Madison
8. University of Maryland–College Park
9. Rice University (TX)
10. Cornell University (NY)
Computer Science Specialties: Theory
1. Stanford University (CA)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. University of California–Berkeley
4. Cornell University (NY)
5. Princeton University (NJ)
6. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
7. Harvard University (MA)
8. University of Washington
9. Yale University (CT)
10. University of Texas–Austin