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Augusta, Georgia has 8 accredited schools offering computer engineering programs, with tuition ranging from $5,174 to $42,312 per year for indexed programs. Augusta has a population of about 389,215. In Georgia, the top-earning computer engineering-related role is Electronics Engineer at a median $123,010 annually (BLS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer computer engineering programs near Augusta, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Augusta city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Augusta. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Georgia schools on the Georgia computer engineering page.
Augusta is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area (BLS area code 12260). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Georgia statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Hardware Engineer | $100,210 | GA statewide | $109,042 |
| Electronics Engineer | $123,010 | GA statewide | $133,852 |
| Software Developer | $119,780 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $130,337 |
| Computer Network Architect | $121,980 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $132,731 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 91.9 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 8 accredited schools offering computer engineering programs near Augusta. The closest is Augusta University in Augusta, GA (8.7 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Mercer University (98.6 miles). 7 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying computer engineering-related roles near Augusta are: Electronics Engineer ($123,010), Computer Network Architect ($121,980), Software Developer ($119,780). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Georgia statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
North Augusta, SC is 12.7 miles from Augusta and has its own set of local computer engineering programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Augusta:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
