Following my previous post on the top universities in the United States, I am initiating a series that focuses on schools that excel in specific majors. This series aims to provide valuable insights for students, parents, and educators interested in understanding university rankings for specific fields of study.
To be included in the Top 26, a university needs to be ranked in the Top 26 (10 for US News) of at least three of the following lists: Top Universities, Appily, Niche, College Vine, Times Higher Education, and US News. I then excluded the maximum and minimum rankings and averaged the remaining scores to determine the final ranking.
TOP 26
| CS RK | School | RK | DIFF | AVG | Min |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 3 | Carnegie Mellon University | 23 | 20 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 4 | Harvard University | 1 | -3 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 5 | Princeton University | 4 | -1 | 5.3 | 2 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 10 | 4 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 7 | Cornell University | 8 | 1 | 9.3 | 6 |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley | 11 | 3 | 10.8 | 2 |
| 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 31 | 22 | 12.0 | 6 |
| 10 | Columbia University | 7 | -3 | 12.7 | 6 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 6 | -5 | 15.0 | 9 |
| 11 | Yale University | 5 | -6 | 15.0 | 9 |
| 13 | University of Chicago | 12 | -1 | 16.7 | 8 |
| 14 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 28 | 14 | 17.8 | 5 |
| 15 | University of Texas at Austin | 32 | 17 | 19.3 | 14 |
| 15 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 16 | 1 | 19.3 | 16 |
| 17 | University of California, Los Angeles | 15 | -2 | 20.7 | 9 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins University | 9 | -9 | 21.0 | 15 |
| 19 | Rice University | 33 | 14 | 21.3 | 9 |
| 20 | Brown University | 17 | -3 | 21.7 | 5 |
| 21 | University of Southern California | 22 | 1 | 22.0 | 17 |
| 22 | University of Washington | 19 | -3 | 22.5 | 8 |
| 23 | Duke University | 13 | -10 | 23.0 | 12 |
| 24 | Northwestern University | 14 | -10 | 25.7 | 11 |
| 25 | Purdue University | 40 | 15 | 30.0 | 13 |
| 26 | Washington University in St. Louis | 21 | -5 | 38.0 | 19 |
Biggest Gainers
Here are five schools to take a second look at if you want to major in Computer Science.
Carnegie Mellon University is a Top 3 computer science school and is on the fringe of the Top 25 in overall rankings.
Georgia Tech ranks 22 spots and joins the Top 10 Computer Science schools.
Illinois, Purdue, Texas, and Rice moved to at least 14 positions and are in the Top 25 Computer Science schools.