<p>Mods, please delete the other thread with the same title :) Thanks</p>
<p>So ..I know I'm asking for a lot, but CC is my only source for help.</p>
<p>Whenever any of you have the time, could you please rank or grade(with respect to the other unis on the list) these universities for Computer Science - based on quality of education only -</p>
<p>Bard College
Brandeis U
Bucknell U
Carleton C
Clark U
Colby C
Colgate U
Connecticut C
Davidson C
Drexel
Florida Instt Tech
George Washington U
Grinnell C
Hamilton C
Illinois Instt Tech
Lafayette C
Lake Forest C
Lehigh U
Macalester C
Ohio SU
Ohio Wesleyan U
Oberlin C
Polytechnic University(Brooklyn, NY)
Purdue U
Rochester Instt Tech
St. John's University
Texas A&M
Trinity C
U Denver
U Miami
U Notre Dame
U Richmond
Wake Forest U
Wash U St. Louis
Wesleyan U
Worcester Polytech Instt</p>
<p>PS : I realize that the schools on the list have nothing in common but you must realize that I'm a 12th grade student losing my marbles 'cause of the whole college thing ! I need therapy. Lol.</p>
<p>The following are the best on your list for quality of education.</p>
<p>Bucknell U
Carleton C
Clark U
Colby C
Colgate U
Connecticut C
Davidson C
Grinnell C
Hamilton C
Grinnell C
Hamilton C
Lehigh U
Macalester C
Oberlin C
Purdue U
U Notre Dame
Wash U St. Louis
Wesleyan U</p>
<p>I think Lehigh, Purdue, Notre Dame, and Wash U are best for comp sci but they probably all have decent comp sci.</p>
<p>The LAC's tend to have very limited programs in cs. They may be excellent schools overall, but depending on what you are looking for, you may not find nearly as many opportunities in CS there as at the universities. This is an individual thing with each college, so investigate carefully.</p>
<p>Here is a list of top liberal arts colleges sorted by the proportion of bachelors graduates who majored in computer science or information technology. Based on 2004 IPEDS data.</p>
<p>college, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors degrees, number of comp sci/info tech bachelors, proportion of comp sci/info tech graduates</p>
<p>HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE 1560 176 35 0.2
JUNIATA COLLEGE 1260 332 30 0.09
GRINNELL COLLEGE 1490 367 24 0.07
PRINCIPIA COLLEGE 1270 113 8 0.07
SPELMAN COLLEGE 1140 533 30 0.06
TRINITY COLLEGE 1400 492 28 0.06
CARLETON COLLEGE 1480 455 24 0.05
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 1320 522 25 0.05
MACALESTER COLLEGE 1450 428 23 0.05
SAINT JOHNS UNIVERSITY 1260 494 23 0.05
AMHERST COLLEGE 1550 428 18 0.04
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE 1300 236 10 0.04
HOBART WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES 1270 446 16 0.04
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE 1380 285 10 0.04
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 1390 757 32 0.04
URSINUS COLLEGE 1320 361 14 0.04
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE 1230 278 11 0.04
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 1380 856 23 0.03
COLBY COLLEGE 1430 486 15 0.03
DICKINSON COLLEGE 1370 512 16 0.03
EARLHAM COLLEGE 1340 249 8 0.03
MILLS COLLEGE 1280 194 5 0.03
MILLSAPS COLLEGE 1290 225 7 0.03
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1320 377 10 0.03
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1240 268 8 0.03
SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 1320 313 8 0.03
ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND 1350 396 11 0.03
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 1340 420 13 0.03
WOFFORD COLLEGE 1350 247 8 0.03
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE 1300 455 11 0.02
AUSTIN COLLEGE 1340 310 6 0.02
CENTRE COLLEGE 1340 258 5 0.02
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 1330 391 6 0.02
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 1400 452 11 0.02
DENISON UNIVERSITY 1330 514 10 0.02
DREW UNIVERSITY 1320 359 8 0.02
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1340 597 13 0.02
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE 1260 703 14 0.02
HANOVER COLLEGE 1280 217 4 0.02
HOPE COLLEGE 1260 638 13 0.02
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1380 462 11 0.02
KNOX COLLEGE 1340 265 6 0.02
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE 1380 553 11 0.02
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE 1320 595 9 0.02
POMONA COLLEGE 1530 394 6 0.02
SMITH COLLEGE 1370 688 14 0.02
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1360 311 7 0.02
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE 1255 132 2 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND 1355 579 11 0.02
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 1450 398 9 0.02
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 1460 603 13 0.02
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1490 722 17 0.02
WILLIAMS COLLEGE 1520 531 12 0.02</p>
<p>The percent of students who get CS degrees is not the issue. The question is how many upper level courses are offered. At some LAC's the answer is "not many". This does not mean that one cannot get a legitimate BA type degree, but it may mean that someone who wants to take 20-25 technical courses may not be able to do that. For places like Oberlin, which send lots of students to graduate school, the combination of CS courses, math, and others, may be a terrific launching pad. But prospective students need to look at each LAC to see whether the CS program suits their goals.</p>
<p>Rugg's recommended Liberal Arts Colleges (less than 3000 students) for Computer Science are:</p>
<p>Brandeis
Bucknell
Carleton
Colgate
Colorado School of Mines
Dallas, U of
Denison
Dickinson
Furman
Grinnell
Hamilton
Harvey Mudd
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lafayette
Macalester
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
New Mexico Institute of Technology
Rice
Rose-Hulman
Stevens Institute of Technology
Vassar
Williams
Worcester Institute of Technology
Yeshiva</p>
<p>MIT
Carnegie Mellon
UC Berkeley
Cornell
U Illinios UC
UCLA
Yale
Caltech
U Texas Austin
U Wisconsin Madison
U Maryland CP
Princeton
U Washington
USC
SUNY Stony Brook
Brown
Georgia Tech
U Penn
U Rochester
NYU
U Minnesota
U Utah
Columbia
Ohio State
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
SUNY Buffalo
U Pittsburgh
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
U Mass Amherst
Rutgers NB
Indiana U Bloomington
Penn State UP
UC Santa Barbara
Syracuse
Iowa St
RPI
UVA
U Michigan AA
U Iowa
U Conn
Southern Methodist
US Naval Acad
US Military Acad
U Houston
U Kansas
Washington U St Louis
Mich St
Stevens Inst
Case Western
Texas A&M
U Oklahoma
Kansas State
Vanderbilt
Washington State</p>