<p>I live in Philadelphia, PA. Can someone tell me which university is good for Computer Science? Does it matter if you received your degree from a not so famous University or it does matter?</p>
<p>Quality of CS departments can vary significantly between schools, and often does not correlate well to the general fame and prestige of the school.</p>
<p>A weak CS department may have fewer course offerings, so you may have to self-study some CS topics on your own or on the job after graduation. While self-education in CS is very doable for those who are motivated, if you are going to school to study CS, you might as well choose a school with a more complete CS department so that you can learn CS with the aid of instructors.</p>
<p>A degree from a prestigious university is advantageous only when it makes you seem more smart or capable, just because of some word on a degree. Like “gee, this guy/gal has to be smart, if he/she got admitted to and went to that university”.</p>
<p>But e.g. computer science is not really about degrees or institutions. A degree does not demonstrate applied knowledge, expose your thinking or ability to work in groups or personal interests. It’s about what you’ve learned and what you’ve done on the side (project work is important, e.g. a GitHub profile can honestly be the best CV one has).</p>
<p>There are many good programs, mostly the “goodness” or prestige comes from the research that’s been done or the professors that teach or have taught there. Prestige of the institution is more significant in areas of soft skills (like law, poli sci, econ…), something where demonstrating knowledge or expertise is not that straightforward.</p>
<p>You live in Pennsylvania. Carnegie Mellon is instate for you</p>
<p>In state or out of state does not matter for private schools, but yes it is in Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>It doesn’t matter. (As long as you don’t go to an art school for you CS degree, or something along those lines.)</p>
<p>Most tech schools have strong CS departments. We cant really recommend until we know some rough stats. A SAT score would do. Like carnegie mellon has the most selective CS program in the country, with an acceptance rate of 8% in there school of computer science. Thats less than MIT</p>
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<p>And Georgia Tech has a good program and is somewhat easy to get into. UMass amherst also has a good program, pretty easy to get in</p>