Ready for an amazing career? The GraduateSchools.com engineering school finder is your first step—request more information from computer schools listed on this page!

How nice would it be to earn $96,000 to $151,000 a year at your day job and have major skills to branch out into part-time consulting or your own business? That's what you can expect when you earn a doctorate in computer engineering.

Training for computer engineers crosses two hot career fields—electrical engineering and computer sciences. With a PhD, you can pick and choose whether you're more interested in the engineering side or the computer side (either hardware or software).

Information Security Jobs

Computer engineers interested in entering information security jobs learn lots of fascinating stuff in grad school: ethical hacking, computer forensics, security leadership, secure coding in multiple programming languages, systems architecture... All cutting-edge research and practical applications for computer engineering skills.

You'll solve problems that haven't even been invented yet, and become the Superman of Information Security for government, corporations, or academic institutions. Who wouldn't want that?

Software Design Jobs

“Software Designer” doesn't sound like a glorious job title, but with a PhD in computer engineering you could be inventing the next Facebook, Wordpress, or Google. That puts a whole new spin on software design careers.

Chances are, your future job title will contain the words “Director of,” “Senior Project Manager,” “Executive Director,” or even “CEO.” After slaving through grad school, it will be nice to get some recognition.

Networking Technology Jobs

Networking technology specialists are in high demand and will experience significant job growth over the next ten years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates this field will grow by more than 24 percent as new job titles in sophisticated networking are created.

A wide variety of career opportunities await the graduate of a computer engineering doctoral program. The academic lifestyle might suit you: work about nine months a year in the location of your choice. Perhaps you'd like to design a revolutionary artificial intelligence system that can take on a life of its own. Or maybe you'd like to get your fingers into top-secret-high-security-clearance work for the Federal government.

Read more about graduate programs in computer engineering.

You'll never earn a PhD in computer engineering unless you enroll in a doctoral program. Use the GraduateSchools.com computer school finder right below to request free scholarship and enrollment information today!