American universities generally divide computer undergraduate courses into two directions, computer engineering and computer science.

1. The top schools in computer engineering are MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Berkeley, UIUC, Georgia Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2. The top schools in computer major are: the above universities are also top universities in computer major, and Cornell, Washington University, Princeton, Austin, Texas, and Madison, Wisconsin are also top universities in computer major.