Which Colleges Are Best and Worst at Enrolling and Graduating Women in Computer Science and Engineering?

Computer science and engineering are two well-paying fields in which women have long been underrepresented. Only four colleges with at least 50 bachelor’s-degree recipients in computer science in 2016-17 awarded more than half of such degrees to women, and one of those was a women’s college. Only three colleges with at least 50 bachelor’s-degree recipients in engineering in 2016-17 awarded more than half of such degrees to women. The percentage of female bachelor’s-degree recipients was greater over all in engineering than in computer science.

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Computer science

4-year public institutions

Rank	Institution	Bachelor’s degrees awarded, 2016-17	Percentage women, 2016-17	Percentage-point change in female representation since 2009-10
1.	Salisbury U.	92	35.9%	6.9
2.	U. of Washington	460	35.2%	13.9
3.	City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College	193	31.1%	-0.8
4.	U. of Washington at Bothell	182	29.7%	16.3
5.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	956	29.6%	11.9
6.	U. of Virginia	139	29.5%	14.3
7.	U. of South Carolina-Upstate	78	29.5%	-4.5
8.	Florida State U.	327	29.4%	14.3
9.	Eastern Washington U.	113	29.2%	21.3
10.	U. of Nevada at Reno	84	28.6%	0.9
11.	College of William & Mary	74	28.4%	13.0
12.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	242	26.4%	13.4
13.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	649	26.3%	13.8
14.	Texas A&M U. at College Station	262	26.3%	12.4
15.	U. of California at Berkeley	556	26.3%	13.2
16.	U. of North Texas	149	24.8%	4.8
17.	U. of Maryland at College Park	515	24.7%	9.3
18.	West Chester U. of Pennsylvania	57	24.6%	18.5
19.	Northwest Missouri State U.	53	24.5%	-22.8
20.	U. of Houston	280	23.9%	9.6
21.	Texas A&M U.-Central Texas	67	23.9%	n/a
22.	New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces	88	23.9%	-1.1
23.	Ohio U.	105	23.8%	-18.3
24.	Texas State U.	257	23.7%	14.4
25.	Clayton State U.	59	23.7%	-3.2
26.	U. of Hawaii-Manoa	56	23.2%	3.2
27.	U. of Maryland University College	1,754	23.1%	-4.8
28.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	543	23.0%	6.2
29.	Georgia Institute of Technology	458	22.5%	13.6
30.	U. of Oregon	85	22.4%	12.4
31.	James Madison U.	226	22.1%	-0.2
32.	Indiana State U.	68	22.1%	18.8
33.	Georgia College and State U.	59	22.0%	-6.5
34.	U. of West Florida	102	21.6%	1.6
35.	U. of South Carolina at Columbia	172	21.5%	6.1
36.	City U. of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice	56	21.4%	-11.9
37.	Pennsylvania State U. at Abington	66	21.2%	21.2
38.	Middle Georgia State U.	85	21.2%	n/a
39.	California State U. at Los Angeles	175	21.1%	-0.8
40.	Northern Kentucky U.	171	21.1%	6.2
41.	Florida State College at Jacksonville	105	21.0%	-79.0
42.	Austin Peay State U.	82	20.7%	-2.8
42.	Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge	82	20.7%	17.2
44.	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	631	20.6%	6.1
45.	Georgia State U.	360	20.6%	-1.8
46.	U. of Rhode Island	73	20.5%	3.9
47.	U. of Nevada at Las Vegas	78	20.5%	7.4
47.	U. of North Carolina at Greensboro	117	20.5%	-11.0
47.	U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee	234	20.5%	-3.9
50.	Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis	167	20.4%	3.2
51.	U. of Louisiana at Lafayette	64	20.3%	20.3
52.	U. of Arizona	257	20.2%	14.7
53.	U. of Connecticut	94	20.2%	10.2
54.	Broward College	109	20.2%	n/a
55.	U. of California at Irvine	547	20.1%	10.4
56.	Montclair State U.	75	20.0%	-6.7
57.	U. at Albany	241	19.9%	14.2
58.	U. of Maryland-Baltimore County	428	19.9%	5.5
59.	College of Charleston	81	19.8%	-12.2
60.	Colorado State U. Global Campus	254	19.7%	n/a
61.	U. of Pittsburgh main campus	244	19.7%	5.7
62.	Murray State U.	56	19.6%	7.1
63.	U. of California at Santa Barbara	102	19.6%	5.0
64.	Oregon State U.	495	19.4%	10.6
65.	Purdue U. Northwest	62	19.4%	n/a
66.	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	462	19.3%	12.9
67.	U. of Delaware	73	19.2%	7.4
68.	Texas Tech U.	147	19.0%	12.2
69.	U. of North Florida	132	18.9%	3.7
70.	Fort Hays State U.	90	18.9%	3.1
71.	U. of Massachusetts at Lowell	282	18.8%	-2.9
72.	U. of California at San Diego	607	18.8%	-2.3
73.	Central Washington U.	112	18.8%	14.0
73.	U. of Texas at El Paso	64	18.8%	0.1
75.	Pennsylvania State U.-World Campus	107	18.7%	n/a
76.	Northeastern Illinois U.	91	18.7%	11.2
77.	Pennsylvania State U.-Harrisburg	65	18.5%	18.5
78.	City U. of New York Queens College	109	18.3%	-1.7
79.	U. of Texas at Arlington	191	18.3%	-1.7
80.	St. Cloud State U.	93	18.3%	1.6
81.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	476	18.3%	10.0
82.	California State U.-Monterey Bay	121	18.2%	-9.6
82.	Ramapo College of New Jersey	55	18.2%	7.1
84.	Temple U.	226	18.1%	4.5
85.	U. of California at Davis	294	18.0%	9.3
86.	Virginia Tech	200	18.0%	16.0
87.	California State U.-Dominguez Hills	89	18.0%	-32.0
88.	U. of Illinois at Springfield	113	17.7%	3.4
89.	U. of North Carolina at Charlotte	295	17.6%	2.7
90.	U. of Michigan at Dearborn	74	17.6%	12.2
91.	State U. of New York, The College at Brockport	57	17.5%	-1.7
92.	U. of Massachusetts at Boston	154	17.5%	-1.5
93.	U. of California at Los Angeles	183	17.5%	5.8
94.	U. of Kentucky	121	17.4%	14.9
95.	Kent State U. at Kent	162	17.3%	3.2
96.	U. of Georgia	151	17.2%	1.4
97.	U. of Texas at Austin	477	17.2%	6.4
98.	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	268	17.2%	8.5
99.	Stockton U.	70	17.1%	2.9
100.	Frostburg State U.	53	17.0%	-3.0
101.	Christopher Newport U.	77	16.9%	10.9
102.	U. of Minnesota at Duluth	83	16.9%	9.6
103.	Troy U.	114	16.7%	-8.2
103.	U. of Florida	120	16.7%	16.7
103.	Western Illinois U.	54	16.7%	3.8
106.	Arizona State U.	441	16.6%	4.6
107.	City U. of New York Hunter College	91	16.5%	1.7
108.	Seminole State College of Florida	79	16.5%	n/a
109.	U. of Illinois at Chicago	213	16.4%	-1.1
110.	U. of Iowa	122	16.4%	5.0
111.	Oklahoma State U. at Stillwater	177	16.4%	2.1
112.	Portland State U.	116	16.4%	6.2
113.	California State U.-East Bay	86	16.3%	-0.8
114.	U. of Alabama at Huntsville	80	16.3%	1.5
115.	Wright State U.	74	16.2%	2.7
116.	U. of Washington at Tacoma	266	16.2%	0.5
117.	Binghamton U.	99	16.2%	-1.8
118.	Tarleton State U.	62	16.1%	-11.0
119.	Pennsylvania State U.-Berks	56	16.1%	16.1
120.	Missouri U. of Science and Technology	131	16.0%	2.3
121.	Eastern Connecticut State U.	75	16.0%	0.6
121.	Georgia Southern U.	175	16.0%	2.6
123.	U. of South Alabama	69	15.9%	8.5
124.	California State U. at Chico	113	15.9%	0.5
125.	U. of Southern Mississippi	63	15.9%	3.4
126.	Dakota State U.	139	15.8%	-2.4
127.	George Mason U.	453	15.7%	2.6
128.	Wayne State U.	83	15.7%	9.4
129.	U. of California at Santa Cruz	385	15.6%	5.1
129.	U. of Toledo	77	15.6%	-6.3
131.	City U. of New York Brooklyn College	122	15.6%	1.0
132.	Pennsylvania College of Technology	58	15.5%	12.7
133.	Cleveland State U.	52	15.4%	11.2
133.	Green River College	52	15.4%	n/a
133.	Metropolitan State U. of Denver	52	15.4%	4.3
133.	Ohio State U.	65	15.4%	7.7
133.	U. of Wisconsin at Whitewater	52	15.4%	12.1
138.	U. of Texas at Dallas	333	15.3%	4.3
139.	East Tennessee State U.	59	15.3%	8.1
140.	U. of Colorado at Boulder	197	15.2%	-1.1
141.	U. of Missouri at Kansas City	66	15.2%	3.4
142.	U. of Oklahoma at Norman	53	15.1%	-3.7
143.	Stony Brook U.	253	15.0%	7.7
144.	Old Dominion U.	80	15.0%	12.6
144.	U. of Missouri at St. Louis	60	15.0%	2.5
146.	U. of North Carolina at Wilmington	87	14.9%	5.9
147.	California State U. at Northridge	215	14.9%	-8.5
148.	West Virginia U.	74	14.9%	9.0
149.	Clemson U.	128	14.8%	2.6
150.	Virginia Commonwealth U.	210	14.8%	-4.3
151.	Georgia Gwinnett College	122	14.8%	14.8
151.	Buffalo State College	61	14.8%	-2.5
153.	San Francisco State U.	156	14.7%	2.2
154.	Southeastern Louisiana U.	55	14.5%	-12.1
155.	U. of Mississippi	62	14.5%	0.2
155.	U. of Vermont	62	14.5%	-3.3
155.	Colorado School of Mines	63	14.3%	n/a
155.	Miami U. (Ohio)	70	14.3%	-8.8
159.	Western Washington U.	155	14.2%	-2.5
160.	Towson U.	262	14.1%	0.4
161.	U. of Houston-Downtown	78	14.1%	9.8
162.	Ferris State U.	71	14.1%	-0.2
163.	Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville	135	14.1%	6.8
164.	Kennesaw State U.	377	14.1%	n/a
165.	San Jose State U.	200	14.0%	-3.1
166.	U. of Missouri at Columbia	151	13.9%	9.5
167.	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	58	13.8%	1.8
167.	U. of Nebraska at Omaha	116	13.8%	4.1
169.	Florida International U.	336	13.7%	-3.1
170.	Missouri State U.	95	13.7%	6.1
171.	St. Petersburg College	89	13.5%	-14.5
172.	City U. of New York Herbert H. Lehman College	119	13.4%	-6.9
173.	California Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo	149	13.4%	7.0
174.	U. at Buffalo	114	13.2%	6.2
175.	Utah Valley U.	213	13.1%	2.1
176.	U. of Central Missouri	61	13.1%	5.7
177.	City College of City U. of New York	54	13.0%	2.2
178.	Michigan State U.	170	12.9%	6.3
179.	Coastal Carolina U.	62	12.9%	3.8
180.	U. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point	70	12.9%	-2.5
181.	U. of Utah	212	12.7%	6.8
182.	U. of Cincinnati	222	12.6%	7.9
183.	U. of North Georgia	72	12.5%	n/a
183.	U. of South Florida	232	12.5%	1.6
185.	U. of Central Florida	371	12.4%	0.5
186.	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	57	12.3%	4.6
187.	Rowan U.	107	12.1%	7.5
188.	U. of Texas at San Antonio	190	12.1%	-0.6
189.	Minnesota State U. at Mankato	58	12.1%	-1.8
189.	U. of New Hampshire	58	12.1%	0.1
191.	City U. of New York, New York City College of Technology	201	11.9%	-7.2
192.	Winona State U.	51	11.8%	4.6
193.	California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona	198	11.6%	6.2
194.	New Jersey Institute of Technology	270	11.5%	-2.5
195.	Kean U.	70	11.4%	-25.4
196.	Ball State U.	62	11.3%	4.1
197.	U. of Southern Indiana	54	11.1%	1.7
198.	Florida Atlantic U.	145	11.0%	2.1
199.	Miami Dade College	91	11.0%	n/a
200.	Youngstown State U.	82	11.0%	-0.8
201.	Radford U.	73	11.0%	-0.2
202.	U. of Wisconsin-Stout	119	10.9%	-7.3
203.	North Carolina State U.	174	10.9%	4.2
204.	Middle Tennessee State U.	55	10.9%	3.8
205.	California State U. at Long Beach	140	10.7%	n/a
205.	Slippery Rock U. of Pennsylvania	56	10.7%	-1.4
207.	North Dakota State U.	75	10.7%	2.7
208.	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	332	10.5%	4.1
209.	U. of Tennessee at Knoxville	76	10.5%	-3.8
210.	Weber State U.	124	10.5%	4.9
211.	Grand Valley State U.	125	10.4%	7.4
212.	California State U. at San Marcos	116	10.3%	6.9
213.	Metropolitan State U.	137	10.2%	-2.7
214.	U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs	59	10.2%	-2.3
215.	California State U. at Fullerton	139	10.1%	4.9
216.	Montana State U. at Bozeman	60	10.0%	-2.5
216.	Washington State U.	110	10.0%	6.0
218.	Utah State U.	141	9.9%	-8.3
219.	State U. of New York College at Farmingdale	101	9.9%	-3.9
220.	Northern Arizona U.	61	9.8%	9.8
221.	California State U.-Channel Islands	51	9.8%	0.3
222.	California State U. at Sacramento	143	9.8%	7.2
223.	California State U. at San Bernardino	92	9.8%	-1.6
224.	Eastern Michigan U.	52	9.6%	1.3
225.	Boise State U.	125	9.6%	-9.4
226.	Central Michigan U.	94	9.6%	-2.7
227.	Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale	100	9.0%	-7.9
228.	U. of Texas-Rio Grande Valley	67	9.0%	-8.4
229.	Western Kentucky U.	56	8.9%	-11.8
230.	Northern Illinois U.	114	8.8%	1.5
231.	U. of Massachusetts at Amherst	209	8.6%	-4.9
232.	Iowa State U.	70	8.6%	-1.4
233.	City U. of New York College of Staten Island	59	8.5%	-13.4
234.	Illinois State U.	119	8.4%	0.6
235.	East Carolina U.	72	8.3%	1.3
236.	Colorado State U. at Fort Collins	136	8.1%	-6.2
237.	U. of Kansas	79	7.6%	3.2
238.	Sam Houston State U.	53	7.5%	-12.5
239.	Oakland U.	110	7.3%	-5.0
240.	San Diego State U.	111	7.2%	-11.0
241.	U. of California at Riverside	84	7.1%	0.5
242.	State U. of New York Polytechnic Institute	103	6.8%	2.8
243.	Central Connecticut State U.	75	6.7%	0.8
243.	U. of Massachusetts at Dartmouth	60	6.7%	-20.6
245.	Michigan Technological U.	76	6.6%	4.0
246.	Kansas State U.	82	6.1%	-3.9
247.	U. of Akron	86	5.8%	1.6
248.	Appalachian State U.	70	5.7%	0.2
249.	Tennessee Technological U.	56	5.4%	-9.6
250.	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	79	5.1%	-0.8
251.	Western Michigan U.	84	4.8%	-3.3
252.	U. of Michigan at Flint	64	4.7%	-17.5
	Over all for 544 institutions	45,761	17.8%	2.4

4-year private nonprofit institutions

Rank	Institution	Bachelor’s degrees awarded, 2016-17	Percentage women, 2016-17	Percentage-point change in female representation since 2009-10
1.	Wellesley College	52	100.0%	0.0
2.	New School	126	75.4%	n/a
3.	Touro College (N.Y.)	73	58.9%	16.0
4.	Creighton U.	56	51.8%	51.8
5.	DePauw U.	60	46.7%	5.0
6.	Marquette U.	102	42.2%	9.8
7.	Bentley U.	50	40.0%	25.7
7.	U. of Denver	60	40.0%	31.7
9.	Lindenwood U.	146	39.0%	14.6
10.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	378	37.0%	14.4
11.	Johnson & Wales U. (R.I.)	81	34.6%	4.6
12.	Syracuse U.	249	34.1%	3.1
13.	U. of Rochester	94	33.0%	28.0
14.	Emory U.	55	32.7%	32.7
15.	Brandeis U.	83	32.5%	9.5
16.	Stanford U.	273	32.2%	24.1
17.	Webster U.	50	32.0%	11.4
18.	Cornell U.	396	31.8%	14.5
19.	Rice U.	85	31.8%	24.1
20.	Johns Hopkins U.	68	30.9%	15.7
21.	Quinnipiac U.	52	30.8%	-0.2
22.	Columbia U.	215	30.7%	18.5
23.	U. of Pennsylvania	174	30.5%	-11.8
24.	Lehigh U.	120	30.0%	18.5
25.	California Institute of Technology	67	29.9%	29.9
26.	Tulane U.	51	29.4%	0.8
27.	U. of Notre Dame	82	29.3%	12.3
28.	Carnegie Mellon U.	227	29.1%	9.3
29.	Brown U.	162	29.0%	21.7
30.	Carleton College	66	28.8%	20.5
31.	Duke U.	232	28.4%	25.1
32.	Boston College	134	28.4%	0.7
33.	Harvard U.	230	28.3%	10.8
34.	Dartmouth College	103	28.2%	13.9
35.	George Washington U.	104	27.9%	8.4
36.	Harding U.	62	27.4%	5.7
37.	Boston U.	154	27.3%	5.8
38.	New York U.	289	27.0%	5.9
39.	Fordham U.	93	26.9%	6.9
40.	Tufts U.	153	26.1%	7.1
41.	Wilmington U. (Del.)	113	25.7%	5.3
42.	Duquesne U.	82	25.6%	-26.1
43.	Stevenson U.	55	25.5%	-9.0
44.	U. of Southern California	217	25.3%	6.9
45.	U. of Chicago	77	24.7%	-2.0
46.	St. John’s U. (N.Y.)	73	24.7%	13.0
47.	U. of Miami	65	23.1%	19.1
48.	Case Western Reserve U.	100	23.0%	11.5
49.	Lewis U.	87	23.0%	14.7
50.	Saint Leo U.	164	22.0%	-1.8
51.	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	216	21.8%	17.0
52.	Yale U.	74	21.6%	5.8
53.	Pace U.	88	21.6%	-1.0
54.	Washington U. in St. Louis	132	21.2%	9.3
55.	King U. (Tenn.)	85	20.0%	-9.4
56.	Campbell U.	61	19.7%	-11.1
57.	Bellevue U.	250	19.6%	4.0
58.	Vanderbilt U.	88	19.3%	7.6
59.	Regis U.	73	19.2%	3.6
60.	Northeastern U.	178	19.1%	2.9
61.	Southern New Hampshire U.	341	18.5%	4.7
62.	Northwestern U.	98	18.4%	0.5
63.	Baker College of Flint	195	17.9%	3.7
64.	DePaul U.	246	17.5%	-1.8
65.	Park U.	190	16.8%	-3.2
66.	Illinois Institute of Technology	113	15.9%	7.6
67.	Davenport U.	96	14.6%	-9.7
68.	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	190	14.2%	6.5
69.	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	173	13.9%	2.1
70.	Coleman U.	60	13.3%	-0.7
70.	New York Institute of Technology	60	13.3%	2.1
72.	Liberty U.	53	13.2%	-5.0
73.	Drexel U.	197	13.2%	-0.4
74.	Florida Institute of Technology Online	54	13.0%	n/a
75.	Columbia College (Mo.)	62	12.9%	-6.5
76.	Champlain College	104	12.5%	-0.7
77.	Franklin U.	70	11.4%	-18.9
78.	Marist College	62	11.3%	5.9
79.	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	63	11.1%	11.1
80.	Brigham Young U.	264	11.0%	3.6
81.	Wentworth Institute of Technology	111	9.0%	6.4
82.	Rochester Institute of Technology	393	8.9%	3.4
83.	Western Governors U.	1,375	8.6%	-72.6
84.	New England Institute of Technology	62	6.5%	-0.1
85.	National U.	86	4.7%	-8.3
	Over all for 749 institutions	19,452	22.7%	2.7

Engineering

4-year public institutions

Rank	Institution	Bachelor’s degrees awarded, 2016-17	Percentage women, 2016-17	Percentage-point change in female representation since 2009-10
1.	State U. of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry	56	57.1%	38.4
2.	U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	50	32.0%	n/a
3.	U. of Virginia	570	31.9%	1.2
4.	U. of Pittsburgh main campus	678	29.5%	9.0
5.	U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	1,209	29.4%	5.5
6.	Georgia Institute of Technology	2,342	29.3%	7.7
7.	North Carolina State U.	1,525	29.2%	4.6
8.	North Carolina A&T State U.	196	29.1%	-1.6
9.	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	193	29.0%	15.2
10.	U. of Texas at Austin	1,167	28.7%	9.3
11.	U. of California at Davis	854	28.6%	11.2
12.	U. of Houston	578	27.2%	10.0
13.	Colorado School of Mines	926	27.0%	2.9
14.	College of New Jersey	96	26.0%	8.9
15.	U. of Georgia	240	25.8%	8.0
16.	U. of Colorado at Boulder	753	25.2%	4.7
17.	U. of Delaware	435	25.1%	6.5
18.	Colorado State U. at Fort Collins	491	25.1%	11.2
19.	Oakland U.	269	24.9%	4.2
20.	Clemson U.	869	24.9%	6.9
21.	U. of Iowa	426	24.6%	8.7
22.	U. of Central Oklahoma	66	24.2%	8.5
23.	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	941	24.1%	8.6
24.	U. of California at Berkeley	929	24.1%	3.1
25.	U. of Florida	1,137	24.1%	2.5
26.	U. of California at Los Angeles	592	24.0%	0.0
27.	U. of Alabama at Birmingham	168	23.8%	10.7
28.	Michigan State U.	778	23.8%	5.5
29.	U. of Washington	820	23.5%	3.8
30.	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	478	23.4%	4.5
31.	George Mason U.	295	23.4%	4.4
32.	U. of Maryland at College Park	1,023	23.4%	2.4
33.	Virginia Commonwealth U.	257	23.3%	8.1
34.	U. of Louisville	377	23.3%	6.9
35.	Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge	759	23.3%	5.8
36.	Rutgers U. at New Brunswick	905	23.3%	7.4
37.	Purdue U. at West Lafayette	1,685	23.3%	6.8
38.	U. of California at San Diego	1,265	23.2%	-1.3
39.	Michigan Technological U.	661	23.0%	6.1
40.	Prairie View A&M U.	174	23.0%	-0.3
41.	U. of Texas at El Paso	383	23.0%	-3.0
42.	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	729	22.8%	5.1
43.	City College of City U. of New York	369	22.8%	7.7
44.	Montana State U. at Bozeman	440	22.7%	6.9
45.	Texas A&M U. at College Station	1,677	22.7%	1.7
46.	U. of Connecticut	694	22.5%	7.4
47.	U. of Maryland-Baltimore County	202	22.3%	6.9
48.	U. of South Florida	530	22.3%	3.5
49.	U. of New Hampshire	288	21.9%	7.2
50.	U. of Alaska at Anchorage	106	21.7%	0.6
51.	Miami U. (Ohio)	295	21.7%	-0.1
52.	U. of Michigan at Dearborn	236	21.6%	7.5
53.	California Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo	1,149	21.6%	6.1
54.	U. of Wisconsin at Madison	1,003	21.5%	2.3
55.	Oklahoma State U. at Stillwater	500	21.4%	-0.9
56.	Virginia Tech	1,572	21.4%	4.9
57.	U. of Arizona	502	21.3%	-1.0
58.	Florida State U.	363	21.2%	-5.4
59.	U. of Tennessee at Knoxville	536	21.1%	5.4
60.	U. of Mississippi	191	20.9%	0.7
61.	Ohio State U.	1,697	20.8%	6.5
62.	Youngstown State U.	154	20.8%	8.1
63.	U. of Nevada at Reno	402	20.6%	-3.9
64.	U. of Missouri at St. Louis	83	20.5%	8.0
65.	Mississippi State U.	508	20.5%	5.2
66.	U. of California at Irvine	860	20.5%	1.2
67.	U. of South Carolina at Columbia	413	20.3%	3.5
68.	U. of Texas at Dallas	420	20.2%	8.7
69.	U. of Maine at Orono	269	20.1%	8.8
70.	Auburn U.	801	20.0%	8.5
71.	U. of Kansas	357	19.9%	-6.2
72.	Pennsylvania State U. at University Park	1,886	19.8%	3.1
73.	U. of Utah	520	19.8%	6.5
74.	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	258	19.8%	4.2
75.	Binghamton U.	340	19.7%	2.5
76.	Oregon State U.	877	19.5%	4.3
77.	Florida International U.	504	19.4%	-3.2
77.	U. of Oklahoma at Norman	612	19.4%	1.1
79.	U. of California at Riverside	408	19.1%	10.4
80.	U. of Texas of the Permian Basin	79	19.0%	n/a
81.	Rowan U.	211	19.0%	1.1
82.	New Jersey Institute of Technology	603	18.9%	4.3
83.	U. of Texas-Rio Grande Valley	254	18.9%	-0.6
84.	U. of New Mexico	276	18.8%	-3.4
85.	U. of Louisiana at Lafayette	292	18.8%	4.1
86.	Missouri U. of Science and Technology	856	18.8%	2.7
87.	Stony Brook U.	412	18.7%	-0.2
88.	U. of California at Santa Cruz	167	18.6%	5.1
89.	U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1,743	18.5%	3.2
90.	Temple U.	233	18.5%	9.3
91.	U. of Alabama at Huntsville	309	18.4%	0.7
92.	U. of Central Florida	999	18.4%	2.6
93.	U. of California at Merced	239	18.4%	-1.0
94.	U. of Hawaii-Manoa	283	18.4%	-0.7
95.	East Carolina U.	115	18.3%	11.1
96.	Arizona State U.	1,127	18.2%	-0.2
97.	McNeese State U.	88	18.2%	-4.7
97.	Texas A&M U. at Corpus Christi	55	18.2%	n/a
99.	U. of Cincinnati	519	18.1%	4.2
100.	California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona	856	18.1%	6.0
101.	U. of Illinois at Chicago	498	18.1%	2.4
102.	Florida Gulf Coast U.	134	17.9%	0.3
102.	Lamar U.	201	17.9%	6.9
104.	Texas A&M U. at Kingsville	235	17.9%	2.2
105.	Portland State U.	263	17.9%	4.4
106.	Texas Tech U.	717	17.9%	5.2
107.	West Virginia U.	664	17.8%	1.6
108.	U. of Nevada at Las Vegas	141	17.7%	-0.6
109.	U. of Massachusetts at Dartmouth	192	17.7%	9.4
110.	California State U. at Long Beach	685	17.7%	3.0
111.	U. of Vermont	170	17.6%	0.8
112.	U. of Colorado at Denver	172	17.4%	4.0
113.	Northern Arizona U.	330	17.3%	-10.1
114.	U. of Rhode Island	302	17.2%	1.6
115.	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	425	17.2%	1.5
116.	U. of Missouri at Columbia	486	17.1%	3.3
117.	Louisiana Tech U.	229	17.0%	3.5
118.	Kansas State U.	462	16.9%	3.4
119.	California State U. at Los Angeles	232	16.8%	-1.8
120.	U. of Texas at Tyler	131	16.8%	6.4
121.	U. of Kentucky	536	16.8%	-1.6
122.	Wayne State U.	197	16.8%	-1.3
123.	U. of South Alabama	209	16.7%	4.1
124.	Central Michigan U.	60	16.7%	1.9
124.	Pennsylvania State U. at Erie, The Behrend College	222	16.7%	6.1
124.	Tennessee State U.	60	16.7%	-1.9
124.	Texas State U.	126	16.7%	4.2
128.	San Jose State U.	711	16.6%	2.5
129.	Iowa State U.	1,404	16.6%	2.8
130.	U. of Texas at Arlington	456	16.4%	-0.6
131.	Morgan State U.	128	16.4%	-9.7
132.	James Madison U.	55	16.4%	n/a
133.	Cleveland State U.	234	16.2%	0.3
134.	San Diego State U.	505	16.2%	0.4
135.	Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis	284	16.2%	6.5
136.	U. of Akron	389	16.2%	-1.9
137.	California State U. at Fullerton	323	16.1%	4.0
138.	U. of Texas at San Antonio	454	16.1%	2.6
139.	U. of Toledo	436	16.1%	5.7
140.	U. of Massachusetts at Amherst	456	16.0%	2.7
141.	Oregon Institute of Technology	144	16.0%	1.1
142.	U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	94	16.0%	9.0
143.	U. at Buffalo	816	15.9%	0.2
144.	Old Dominion U.	272	15.8%	0.4
145.	Washington State U.	636	15.7%	-0.5
146.	Wright State U.	336	15.5%	0.1
147.	California State U. at Chico	188	15.4%	3.6
148.	New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces	300	15.3%	-5.9
149.	Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale	183	15.3%	5.7
150.	U. of Memphis	120	15.0%	-1.9
151.	U. of Washington at Bothell	101	14.9%	n/a
152.	Western Washington U.	54	14.8%	n/a
153.	California State U. at Sacramento	467	14.8%	2.2
154.	California State U. at Bakersfield	61	14.8%	n/a
155.	Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville	217	14.7%	0.8
156.	U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs	151	14.6%	-4.0
157.	U. of Alaska at Fairbanks	110	14.5%	-5.7
158.	California State U. at Fresno	173	14.5%	-3.9
159.	Wichita State U.	296	14.2%	2.8
160.	U. of North Texas	233	14.2%	3.6
161.	Central Connecticut State U.	64	14.1%	1.2
161.	Florida Atlantic U.	256	14.1%	-6.5
163.	U. of Idaho	207	14.0%	0.0
164.	San Francisco State U.	187	13.9%	2.7
165.	City U. of New York College of Staten Island	65	13.8%	9.8
166.	Tennessee Technological U.	381	13.6%	3.0
167.	U. of Wyoming	272	13.6%	-1.6
168.	U. of Minnesota at Duluth	236	13.6%	1.5
169.	U. of California at Santa Barbara	222	13.5%	-3.7
170.	Arizona State U.-Skysong	52	13.5%	n/a
171.	Arkansas State U. at Jonesboro	67	13.4%	-3.2
172.	Utah State U.	300	13.3%	0.7
173.	U. of Massachusetts at Lowell	463	13.2%	0.5
174.	U. of North Carolina at Charlotte	438	13.0%	2.3
175.	Ohio U.	177	13.0%	2.6
176.	Georgia Southern U.	185	13.0%	n/a
177.	U. of Missouri at Kansas City	112	12.5%	1.0
178.	Montana Tech of the U. of Montana	250	12.4%	-8.0
179.	Northern Illinois U.	219	12.3%	4.1
180.	U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga	138	12.3%	1.4
181.	Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Fort Wayne	66	12.1%	4.0
181.	Kennesaw State U.	363	12.1%	n/a
183.	U. of New Orleans	116	12.1%	-6.6
184.	Boise State U.	217	12.0%	-6.1
185.	North Dakota State U.	368	12.0%	-0.5
186.	Arkansas Tech U.	84	11.9%	-4.0
187.	U. of North Florida	76	11.8%	-0.4
188.	State U. of New York at New Paltz	51	11.8%	-2.5
189.	Purdue U. Northwest	130	11.5%	n/a
190.	U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee	290	11.4%	2.0
191.	U. of North Dakota	273	11.4%	3.2
192.	South Dakota State U.	153	11.1%	1.5
193.	Minnesota State U. at Mankato	136	11.0%	7.0
194.	Pennsylvania State U.-Harrisburg	203	10.8%	4.1
195.	West Texas A&M U.	65	10.8%	6.6
196.	California State U. at Northridge	405	10.6%	2.0
197.	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	191	10.5%	2.3
198.	Western Kentucky U.	78	10.3%	-1.9
199.	U. of Wisconsin at Platteville	423	10.2%	-0.5
200.	Western Michigan U.	269	10.0%	-8.2
201.	U. of Southern Indiana	52	9.6%	-2.1
202.	St. Cloud State U.	97	9.3%	3.0
203.	Arizona State U.-Polytechnic	227	9.3%	n/a
204.	Grand Valley State U.	120	9.2%	-3.0
205.	U. of Wisconsin-Stout	88	9.1%	-1.4
206.	Bowling Green State U., Main Campus	90	8.9%	n/a
207.	Saginaw Valley State U.	70	8.6%	2.2
208.	State U. of New York Maritime College	129	7.8%	-0.2
209.	Virginia Military Institute	91	7.7%	4.0
210.	U. of West Florida	84	7.1%	-1.0
211.	Idaho State U.	97	6.2%	-9.0
212.	The Citadel	125	5.6%	-0.7
213.	Eastern Washington U.	98	4.1%	-1.8
214.	Pennsylvania State U.-Berks	52	3.8%	-9.2
215.	Pennsylvania State U. at Altoona	59	3.4%	3.4
216.	Maine Maritime Academy	105	2.9%	-1.1
	Over all for 304 institutions	90,354	20.1%	2.9

4-year private nonprofit institutions

Rank	Institution	Bachelor’s degrees awarded, 2016-17	Percentage women, 2016-17	Percentage-point change in female representation since 2009-10
1.	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	82	53.7%	12.0
2.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	471	52.0%	8.1
3.	Harvey Mudd College	77	46.8%	23.8
4.	Tuskegee U.	89	46.1%	1.6
5.	Tulane U.	62	45.2%	23.5
6.	Dartmouth College	99	44.4%	22.9
7.	Brown U.	130	43.1%	10.9
8.	Cornell U.	621	40.6%	11.2
9.	Southern Methodist U.	168	40.5%	10.5
10.	George Washington U.	168	39.9%	-3.0
11.	Howard U.	112	39.3%	0.6
12.	Columbia U.	327	38.8%	8.5
13.	Yale U.	96	38.5%	2.6
14.	Princeton U.	340	37.6%	7.3
15.	Rice U.	233	36.9%	1.7
16.	Stanford U.	347	36.3%	2.7
17.	U. of Miami	248	35.9%	9.3
18.	Carnegie Mellon U.	441	35.6%	10.8
19.	U. of Notre Dame	346	35.3%	10.0
20.	California Institute of Technology	91	35.2%	-2.7
21.	Johns Hopkins U.	325	34.8%	-2.8
22.	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	733	34.7%	11.0
23.	Lafayette College	165	34.5%	11.3
24.	U. of Pennsylvania	258	34.1%	8.1
25.	U. of San Diego	91	34.1%	-2.3
26.	Washington U. in St. Louis	285	34.0%	5.5
27.	Vanderbilt U.	299	33.8%	9.8
28.	Northwestern U.	405	33.6%	4.2
29.	U. of Rochester	271	33.6%	7.0
30.	Harvard U.	78	33.3%	2.8
31.	U. of Southern California	473	32.8%	5.0
32.	Tufts U.	162	32.7%	2.5
33.	Case Western Reserve U.	468	32.7%	10.1
34.	Seattle U.	91	31.9%	16.7
35.	Bucknell U.	167	31.7%	7.4
36.	Lehigh U.	411	30.4%	8.4
37.	Boston U.	395	29.6%	6.7
38.	Villanova U.	271	29.5%	7.7
39.	Duke U.	340	29.4%	6.1
40.	Widener U.	117	29.1%	14.2
41.	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	800	29.0%	6.0
42.	Stevens Institute of Technology	430	28.1%	3.6
43.	Catholic U. of America	112	26.8%	0.0
44.	Saint Martin’s U.	53	26.4%	13.5
45.	Saint Louis U.	164	26.2%	4.1
46.	Syracuse U.	313	25.9%	0.5
47.	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	474	25.3%	3.9
48.	Union College (N.Y.)	74	24.3%	6.4
49.	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. at Prescott (Ariz.)	173	24.3%	10.7
50.	Loyola Marymount U.	83	24.1%	-2.8
51.	Marquette U.	237	24.1%	6.8
52.	LeTourneau U.	96	24.0%	7.1
53.	Illinois Institute of Technology	322	23.9%	2.9
54.	Roger Williams U.	51	23.5%	14.0
55.	Santa Clara U.	239	23.4%	-2.0
56.	U. of Portland	86	23.3%	8.3
57.	Northeastern U.	580	23.1%	7.1
58.	Clarkson U.	473	23.0%	7.1
59.	U. of Dayton	417	23.0%	4.4
60.	Indiana Tech	74	23.0%	14.6
61.	New York U.	311	22.8%	-6.2
62.	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	97	22.7%	-5.8
63.	Florida Institute of Technology	359	22.6%	6.6
64.	Hofstra U.	72	22.2%	17.5
65.	Mercer U.	95	22.1%	-3.9
66.	Drexel U.	918	21.6%	3.8
67.	Rochester Institute of Technology	561	21.4%	8.9
68.	U. of the Pacific	103	21.4%	5.3
69.	Gonzaga U.	207	20.3%	3.3
70.	U. of Tulsa	200	20.0%	-1.9
71.	Trine U.	113	19.5%	5.7
72.	Manhattan College	224	19.2%	0.4
73.	Baylor U.	158	19.0%	2.3
74.	Milwaukee School of Engineering	428	18.7%	11.0
75.	Lawrence Technological U.	156	18.6%	7.2
76.	U. of Saint Thomas (Minn.)	128	18.0%	5.3
77.	Messiah College	67	17.9%	14.2
78.	Western New England U.	147	17.7%	7.7
79.	Kettering U.	286	17.5%	1.1
80.	Walla Walla U.	53	17.0%	5.9
81.	California Baptist U.	108	16.7%	n/a
82.	Marietta College	109	16.5%	16.5
83.	Alfred U.	89	15.7%	-1.5
84.	Valparaiso U.	128	15.6%	-5.7
85.	Calvin College	99	15.2%	-3.2
86.	Ohio Northern U.	88	14.8%	-1.2
87.	U. of Hartford	136	14.7%	1.7
88.	Wilkes U.	82	14.6%	7.5
89.	Robert Morris U (Pa.)	156	14.1%	5.8
90.	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. at Daytona Beach (Fla.)	280	13.9%	0.7
91.	Norwich U.	52	13.5%	2.0
92.	Wentworth Institute of Technology	275	13.5%	-3.8
93.	New York Institute of Technology	117	12.8%	5.0
94.	U. of New Haven	126	12.7%	3.4
95.	Merrimack College	66	12.1%	-7.1
96.	Brigham Young U.	458	11.6%	2.0
97.	Bradley U.	243	10.7%	-3.6
98.	Cedarville U.	68	10.3%	-2.5
99.	York College of Pennsylvania	59	8.5%	-2.6
100.	Gannon U.	54	7.4%	-12.6
101.	U. of Evansville	50	6.0%	-5.4
102.	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	176	5.1%	-0.8
	Over all for 255 institutions	25,118	27.0%	4.5

Note: The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded represents both first and second majors in computer science and engineering during the 2016-17 academic year at four-year, degree-granting public and private nonprofit colleges in the United States that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid. Colleges are ranked by the percentage of such awards granted to women in 2016-17. Tied institutions are listed alphabetically. Only colleges with at least 50 majors in computer science or engineering appear in the rankings, but the overall numbers for each discipline represent all institutions that awarded at least one bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering in 2016-17 or 2009-10. In this table, “computer science” represents all fields included in the broad category “Computer and information sciences and support services.” “Engineering” represents all engineering fields, like civil engineering and systems engineering, but excludes “engineering technologies and engineering-related fields.” The percentage-point change for colleges that did not have any bachelor’s degrees awarded in those majors in 2009-10 but did in 2016-17 is represented with a dash. Questions or comments on the Chronicle List should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

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