Best Comp Sci Colleges for Getting Employed After Graduation

College Search & Selection
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<p>Is there a reliable source that shows percentage of students who went through
various colleges' Comp Sci programs and were gainfully employed
within say a year of graduation? I've seen some average starting salary
numbers. The idea would be to enter the job market after undergraduate
program. </p>

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<p>So, you mean you want to avoid colleges that send people to grad school? Look at schools with co-ops.</p>

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<p>It’s not so much about avoiding schools that result in more college. Rather it’s seeking the colleges whose undergrads are most sought after by your Googles, Amazons and Silicon Valley startups. For example I know a Carnegie Mellon grad and a Berkeley grad each of whom went straight to Google. Obviously those would be on the top of any Comp Sci college “hirability” list and they certainly have plenty go on to graduate programs. . </p>

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<p>@CollegeBargain: You might be able to harvest some statistics from college pages on LinkedIn. Of course, you’ll be dealing with all kinds of response bias, but it never hurts to see the companies where most students work.</p>

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<p>Good thought Discipulus. Thanks.</p>

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<p>In a world where attending college can run $60,000 or even $65,000 a year - likelihood of an ROI beyond a general horizon broadening has to be considered. </p>

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<p>Just look at the CS rankings. The top 5: Stanford, MIT, Cal, CMU, and UIUC all have big pipelines in to Silicon Valley and the top software companies. UT-Austin, UMich, UCLA, UCSD, Cornell, Harvard, GTech, USC, Rice, UDub, and Wisconsin also place well. Actually, any half-decent CS department places well these days.</p>

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<p>Apple has more engineers from San Jose State than any other school.</p>

<p>As PurpleTitan said, any half-decent CS department places well these days.</p>

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<p>That’s a very interesting stat simba9. Thanks. I also have heard from a top person at a local genomics firm that they hire most from UC Santa Cruz due to their top work in bioinformatics and of course their proximity. </p>

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<p>I found this article which corroborates the Apple hiring out of SJ State and has some other info relative to my questions: <a href=“And Here's the Secret Reason Apple Is Crushing Google...”>And Here's the Secret Reason Apple Is Crushing Google...;

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<p>Never underestimate the value of propinquity, Here’s an article on summer interns at Seattle tech firms.
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