Arizona contains five schools that offer computer engineering programs. University of Arizona, the highest-ranking computer engineering school in AZ, has a total student population of 38,767 and is the 834th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 computer engineering schools in Arizona, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Advancing Technology comes out as the most expensive ($29,351/yr), with Pima Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,259/yr.
Computer Engineering students from Arizona schools who go on to become computer engineers, database administrators, computer and information scientists, computer support specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 338,890 people working as network and computer systems administrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $70,930. Also, Computer programmers make on average $74,690 per year and there are about 367,880 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 7,600 employed computer programmers earning an average yearly salary of $72,230. Network and computer systems administrators in this state earn $66,380/yr and there are 5,710 employed.
Also, within the computer engineering schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from computer engineering, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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