Kansas contains four schools that offer computer engineering programs. Kansas State University, the highest-ranking computer engineering school in KS, has a total student population of 23,581 and is the 875th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 computer engineering schools in Kansas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Hesston College comes out as the most expensive ($18,077/yr), with Wichita State University as the lowest recorded at only $9,563/yr.
Computer Engineering students from Kansas 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 Kansas alone, there are 4,520 employed computer programmers earning an average yearly salary of $68,900. Network and computer systems administrators in this state earn $60,590/yr and there are 4,420 employed.
Also, within the computer engineering schools in Kansas, the average student population is 2,160 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from computer engineering, there are 2989 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,167 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,054, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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