Silicon Valley may be the biggest tech hub in the US, but some of the best computer science schools are in the US Northeast.
We recently published a list of the 50 best computer science and engineering schools in America.
To create this list, we surveyed more than 400 Business Insider readers to find out which engineering schools have the most valuable undergraduate programs, and cross-referenced the survey results with average SAT scores from the college admissions website College Board of Trustees.
We filtered the results to focus only on schools located in the Northeast. Our No. 1 school on the main list, MIT, is also the No. 1 school here.
Keep reading to see which other Northeast schools made it here, too.
16. University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
UConn offers 12 engineering degree programs — everything from biomedical engineering to computer science to engineering physics. Engineering students at UConn are highly sought after upon graduation; Top employers include Accenture, Google, IBM, Intel, and Procter & Gamble, and starting salaries range from $52,000 to $65,000.
15. Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
BU engineering students have excellent career prospects: Of the class of 2014, 49% had accepted job offers, while another 14% went on to graduate school, 10% went on to transition engineering jobs, and 4% went into military service. The average starting salary for BU graduates is higher than the national average — $66,500, compared to $59,000.
14. Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
Last year, RIT engineering students created more than 30 million dollars in profits through jobs. During their degrees, students participate in at least one year of full-time, paid experiential experience working with more than 500 companies, including Apple, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Welch Allyn.
13. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
Engineering is so ingrained in WPI's campus culture that even the team's name is Engineers. WPI is one of the first engineering and technology universities in the countrywhere engineering—especially in the fields of mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and chemical engineering—is the most popular major.
12. Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania
Penn State is ranked seventh in the nation for industrial engineering, 10th for materials engineering and 18th overall by US News. Each student completes at least one internshipand 45.2% of those receiving a full-time offer from their internship.
11. New York University
Brooklyn, New York
Engineering students at NYU have great prospects: Over 89% of undergraduate students receive job offers within six months of graduation and earn a mid-career salary of $117,000. NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering ranked #10 on Forbes' list of colleges that will make you rich. Forbes also ranked it No. 7 on its list of Best Colleges for Women in STEM.
10. Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Twelve percent of graduates from Northeastern Class of 2013 majoring in engineering. Students get a well-rounded, Experiential education consisting of both classroom and hands-on learning that takes them out into the world to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life problems.
9. University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
At U Penn, every student is encouraged to participate in faculty-led research. Students can search for mentors in the faculty's expertise directory or apply for one of the school's numerous scholarship programs. Penn also has a lot long-term partnerships with major companies – including Lockheed Martin and Honeywell International – resulting in research, internships and employment opportunities for students.
8. Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science offers degrees in six engineering disciplines: biomedical, chemical, environmental, electrical, engineering, and materials science. Students can join a number of national engineering organizationsincluding the Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi honorary society.
7. Columbia University
New York, New York
At Columbia, students take advantage of the school's New York location by working practical projects that benefit the city, such as developing wheelchair accessible playgrounds or mentoring local high school students. Undergraduate students can also gain on-campus experience assisting professors in research.
6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Not only are RPI graduates ready to handle professional engineering positions, they are ready to prove it. Last year, 58% of students graduated with a full-time job offer, and another 18% had plans to attend graduate school. Top Employers for the Class of 2014 include Schlumberger, Deloitte, Boeing and General Electric.
5. Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Undergraduate students from Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences continued they work in elite companies including Pixar, Google and Citigroup. of Harvard number of practice partners it also includes exclusive placements in companies such as Facebook, Intel and NASA.
4. Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Among the class of 2013, 92% of undergraduate engineering students they were either going to graduate school or working full-time until graduation day, with several heading to top companies like Proctor & Gamble, Accenture, and Google. The average starting salary for the class was $72,287, although some students reported earning as much as $120,000.
3. Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
At Princeton, the engineering curriculum for all majors focuses on Equipping students to solve real-world problems on energy and environment, health, safety and leadership. Engineering students from the class of 2014 reported whether average starting salary of $68,923; annually.
2. Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduates can expect competitive compensation with a degree from Carnegie Mellon. For the class of 2013, the median starting salaries they ranged from $60,000 for civil and environmental engineers to $90,000 for electrical and computer engineers. Partnerships with large companies such as IBM, Google and General Motors also allow students to gain hands-on experience in their fields.
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
In addition to being the top engineering school overall, MIT boasts the No. 1 programs in chemical, aerospace/aeronautical, computer, and electrical engineering, according to US News. After graduation, 32% of students go on to graduate school while 57% enter the workforce. Students are attracted by almost 250 companies. top employers for MIT graduates they include Google, Amazon, ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs.
