The 15 companies US tech students most want to work for

• Google held its No. 1 spot in Universum's US ranking based on a survey of computer science students.
• The spots in the ranking are based on what students said were their ideal employers.
• Google also ranked No. 2 in the new ranking based on business students and No. 9 for the list focused on engineering students.

A Handshake report about the class of 2024 said that these new grads are "applying to a wider range of industries and job roles, shifting some of their applications away from competitive spaces like tech and toward industries like government and manufacturing."

But it looks like US computer science students are still thinking about some well-known tech companies, such as Microsoft, as employers they would love to work for — at least based on new results from another survey.

Universum, an employer branding specialist, surveyed US university students about the employers they want to work for. Students in this survey weren't just seniors gearing up for their post-graduation careers but other grade levels. The ranking was based on what respondents noted as their ideal places; respondents could note up to five employers.

Google ranked No. 1 on the list based on what US computer science students said. Plus, it ranked No. 2 on the list based on what US business students said and No. 9 on the list based on the responses of US engineering students. Around a third of US computer science students picked Google as one of their ideal employers, which is less than last year's share.

Below are the top 15 in the new ranking, along with the share of computer science students who listed each employer among their top five ideal employers.

15. IBM

Percentage who said this: 7.78%

Rank last year: 12

Last year's percentage: 8.25%

14. Lockheed Martin

Percentage who said this: 8.26%

Rank last year: 19

Last year's percentage: 5.22%

13. SpaceX

Percentage who said this: 8.34%

Rank last year: 9

Last year's percentage: 9.03%

12. Riot Games

Percentage who said this: 8.51%

Rank last year: 13

Last year's percentage: 8.22%

11. Intel

Percentage who said this: 9.23%

Rank last year: 11

Last year's percentage: 8.55%

10. Tesla

Percentage who said this: 9.30%

Rank last year: 6

Last year's percentage: 12.70%

9. Netflix

Percentage who said this: 10.14%

Rank last year: 5

Last year's percentage: 12.97%

8. Meta

Percentage who said this: 10.42%

Rank last year (which was noted as Facebook): 14

Last year's percentage: 7.28%

7. Spotify

Percentage who said this: 10.52%

Rank last year: 7

Last year's percentage: 11.23%

6. Nintendo

Percentage who said this: 11.03%

Rank last year: 8

Last year's percentage: 10.54%

5. Nvidia

Percentage who said this: 12.52%

Rank last year: 10

Last year's percentage: 8.78%

4. Amazon

Percentage who said this: 17.91%

Rank last year: 4

Last year's percentage: 21.98%

3. Apple

Percentage who said this: 25.41%

Rank last year: 2

Last year's percentage: 30.66%

2. Microsoft

Percentage who said this: 29.46%

Rank last year: 3

Last year's percentage: 30.18%

1. Google

Percentage who said this: 34.22%

Rank last year: 1

Last year's percentage: 41.41%