GRE Scores for Computer Engineering

As expected, the average GRE scores for graduate admissions in top Computer Engineering Programs are very competitive.

by Talha Omer, MBA, M.Eng., Harvard & Cornell Grad

in GRE Scores

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

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