Best colleges for CS in Mid-Atlantic
50 colleges ranked by share of degrees in CS
These 50 top CS colleges in Mid-Atlantic, ranked by share of degrees in CS, run from 6% at Juniata College to 37% at School of Visual Arts. 18 are public and 32 are private.
| # | College | Type | CS degrees | Undergrads | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY | Private | 37% | 3,432 | 91% |
| 2 | Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA | Private | 28% | 650 | 82% |
| 3 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | Public | 27% | 8,762 | 67% |
| 4 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY | Public | 21% | 1,773 | 78% |
| 5 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | Private | 21% | 13,225 | 71% |
| 6 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | Private | 21% | 5,909 | 58% |
| 7 | CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY | Public | 19% | 12,950 | 81% |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | 18% | 7,187 | 11% |
| 9 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | Private | 18% | 4,084 | 43% |
| 10 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private | 17% | 15,935 | 8% |
| 11 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private | 16% | 5,579 | 5% |
| 12 | New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY | Private | 16% | 3,320 | 78% |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private | 15% | 8,899 | 4% |
| 14 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private | 14% | 5,803 | 29% |
| 15 | Peirce College Philadelphia, PA | Private | 13% | 789 | — |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | 12% | 41,862 | 54% |
| 17 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | 11% | 36,357 | 65% |
| 18 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private | 11% | 1,627 | 7% |
| 19 | The New School New York, NY | Private | 11% | 6,819 | 63% |
| 20 | Five Towns College Dix Hills, NY | Private | 11% | 533 | 72% |
| 21 | Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA | Private | 11% | 1,000 | — |
| 22 | University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | 10% | 12,100 | 70% |
| 23 | CUNY Queens College Queens, NY | Public | 10% | 13,060 | 69% |
| 24 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private | 10% | 13,509 | 78% |
| 25 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY | Public | 9% | 10,443 | 54% |
| 26 | Haverford College Haverford, PA | Private | 9% | 1,421 | 13% |
| 27 | Saint Peter's University Jersey City, NJ | Private | 9% | 1,939 | 91% |
| 28 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY | Public | 9% | 16,642 | 54% |
| 29 | La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | 9% | 786 | 78% |
| 30 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY | Public | 8% | 9,117 | 69% |
| 31 | New York University New York, NY | Private | 8% | 29,430 | 9% |
| 32 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY | Public | 8% | 15,734 | 50% |
| 33 | New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ | Public | 8% | 4,076 | 89% |
| 34 | Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY | Private | 8% | 5,039 | 65% |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | 8% | 20,189 | 50% |
| 36 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private | 7% | 10,768 | 6% |
| 37 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private | 7% | 6,488 | 36% |
| 38 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | Public | 7% | 17,420 | 49% |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY | Public | 7% | 2,778 | 96% |
| 40 | Grove City College Grove City, PA | Private | 7% | 2,221 | 73% |
| 41 | Pace University New York, NY | Private | 7% | 7,725 | 77% |
| 42 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY | Public | 7% | 10,438 | 55% |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | Public | 7% | 6,728 | 75% |
| 44 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJ | Public | 7% | 14,647 | 78% |
| 45 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | Private | 7% | 3,122 | 12% |
| 46 | Monroe University Bronx, NY | Private | 7% | 5,670 | 66% |
| 47 | Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh, NY | Private | 7% | 1,268 | 82% |
| 48 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private | 7% | 15,245 | 42% |
| 49 | Barnard College New York, NY | Private | 6% | 3,219 | 8% |
| 50 | Juniata College Huntingdon, PA | Private | 6% | 1,175 | 72% |