Updated, first section (general explanation of terms):
This is a list of some popular colleges’ and universities’ secondary admission criteria for CS majors when the student is not directly admitted to the major. Explanations of terms:
- Competitive: admission to the major is competitive. It may require minimum grades or GPA to be eligible, but such grades or GPA do not guarantee admission. Essays or other criteria may be used.
- GPA or grade minimum: admission to the major is based on minimum GPA or grades. pGPA and oGPA specifically refer to prerequisite and overall GPA.
- Open: admission to the major is essentially open. Prerequisite courses may be required. GPA no higher than 2.0 may be required. Grades no higher then C may be required.
Major name abbreviations:
- CPE = Computer Engineering
- CGS = Computer Game Science
- CS = Computer Science
- CSE = Computer Science and Engineering
- ECE = Electrical and Computer Engineering
- EECS = Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- SE = Software Engineering