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Ranked in 2014 | Computer Science Rankings Methodology

Earning a graduate degree in computer science can lead to positions in research institutions, government agencies, technology companies and colleges and universities. These are the top computer science schools. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.

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Rank	School name	Score
^#1Tie Overall Score:	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	5.0
^#1Tie Overall Score:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	5.0
^#1Tie Overall Score:	Stanford University Stanford, CA	5.0

^#1Tie Overall Score:	University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA	5.0
^#5 Overall Score:	University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.6
^#6Tie Overall Score:	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.5
^#6Tie Overall Score:	University of Washington Seattle, WA	4.5
^#8 Overall Score:	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.4
^#9Tie Overall Score:	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.3
^#9Tie Overall Score:	University of Texas—Austin Austin, TX	4.3
^#11Tie Overall Score:	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.2
^#11Tie Overall Score:	University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI	4.2
^#13Tie Overall Score:	University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	4.1
^#13Tie Overall Score:	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.1
^#15Tie Overall Score:	Columbia University New York, NY	4.0
^#15Tie Overall Score:	University of California—San Diego La Jolla, CA	4.0
^#15Tie Overall Score:	University of Maryland—College Park College Park, MD	4.0
^#18 Overall Score:	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	3.9
^#19 Overall Score:	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	3.8
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Brown University Providence, RI	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Rice University Houston, TX	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	3.7
^#20Tie Overall Score:	Yale University New Haven, CT	3.7
^#25Tie Overall Score:	Duke University Durham, NC	3.6