专业解析
计算机工程主要研究计算机处理器、多处理器通讯设计、网络设计和存储器体系，着重于硬件设计以及与软件和操作系统的交互的性能。如：多处理器光学互接网络通讯技术、实时嵌入式系统（多媒体数据流处理）、分布式数据与大规模存储系统，从而提高计算机可靠性与工作效率。
计算机工程以电子计算机技术的应用层面为主，而较少应用自然学科中的数学、统计以及物理理论。绝大多数的美国学校的EE和计算机工程是合并在一起的，从专业学习上看，虽然研究生最后获得学位有EE和CE之分，但是有许多研究方向的跨学科性是非常强的，无法简单地说是属于计算机还是属于电子的范畴。与CS有一些差别的是，计算机科学是偏向于理论，而计算机工程是偏向于硬件的，所以后者对申请者的研究背景或实践经验更注重，而CS有的学校并不易定要求申请者有实验室研究经历。
申请计算机工程对申请者的其它硬件条件并没有很严格的要求，而且非计算机背景的学生，只要有相关的专业背景和研究经历也可以申请，比如一些工业设计、机械设计、通信工程等专业的学生。但是申请者还是尽量要达到GPA3.3、IBT90、GRE1300，且作文分在4分以上。如果是一些牛校出生的学校，在计算机工程这样竞争激烈的专业上确实很有优势，如：清华、北大、西安交大、上海交大、浙大等等学校。每年都有一大批录取的名额都会给这些学校的学生，因为学校的牌子响，况且计算机专业本身并不容易有很丰富的研究经历，尤其是对于本科生而言。所以最能形成对比的就是所属的学校。

专业排名
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1. Stanford University (CA)
1. University of California–Berkeley
4. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
7. California Institute of Technology
9. University of Texas–Austin
9. Cornell University (NY)
11. Princeton University (NJ)
12. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
12. University of Southern California (Viterbi)
12. University of Wisconsin–Madison
15. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)
15. University of Washington
17. University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)
18. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)
19. Pennsylvania State University–University Park
20. Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)
20. Harvard University (MA)
20. Ohio State University
20. Rice University (Brown) (TX)
20. Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)
20. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
20. University of Pennsylvania
20. Virginia Tech
28. Duke University (NC)
28. Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)
28. North Carolina State University
28. Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)
28. University of California–Irvine (Samueli)
33. Arizona State University (Fulton)
33. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
33. University of California–Santa Barbara
33. University of Colorado–Boulder
33. University of Virginia
33. Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)
39. Brown University (RI)
39. Iowa State University
39. University of California–Davis
39. Yale University
43. Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)
43. University of Arizona
43. University of Florida
43. University of Massachusetts–Amherst
43. University of Notre Dame (IN)
48. Boston University
48. Michigan State University
48. SUNY–Stony Brook
48. University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
48. Vanderbilt University (TN)
53. Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)
53. Northeastern University (MA)
53. Polytechnic University (NY)
53. University of Rochester (NY)
53. University of Utah
58. Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)
58. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
58. Clemson University (SC)
58. Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)
58. University at Buffalo–SUNY
58. University of California–Riverside (Bourns)
58. University of Iowa
65. Drexel University (PA)
65. Oregon State University
65. Syracuse University (NY)
65. Texas Tech University
65. University of California–Santa Cruz (Baskin)
65. University of Illinois–Chicago
65. University of Tennessee–Knoxville
72. Stevens Institute of Technology
72. Tufts University
72. University of New Mexico
72. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)