CompSci: Yale vs. UC Berkeley vs. Carnegie Mellon

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<p>1 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
2 Harvey Mudd College
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4 Princeton University
5 Stanford University
6 Dartmouth College
7 Duke University
8 Harvard University
9 University of Notre Dame
10 University of Pennsylvania
11 Babson College
12 Lehigh University
13 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
14 University of California, Berkeley (In-State)
15 Yale University
16 Columbia University
17 Amherst College
18 Georgia Institute of Technology
19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
20 Cornell University
21 Colgate University
22 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
23 University of California, Berkeley (Out-of-State)
24 Lafayette College
25 Georgia Institute of Technology</p>

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<p>lockn, my point is if Pomona is really that great like you say, how come it pails in comparison to Berkeley’s? </p>

<p>And, don’t the “Big Four” pay well? Many Haas grads go there and are paid quite handsomely.</p>

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Yes. It’s worth noting that that list is outdated/incomplete.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure I understand your point. Only a few percent of Pomona students are CS majors. I’ll also point out that we have full access to the Harvey Mudd CS program, though that goes beyond the question of this thread.</p>

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<p>arfiepet, regarding 50K of debt. No it’s not a trivial amount.</p>

<p>BUT coming from UCB (or Yale or CMU), with that degree, I wouldn’t be put off. At all. Starting salaries in the 80’s K are just that…starting salaries. You will have raises, promotions, bonuses. Not a guarantee but odds are there…</p>

<p>the qualities that got you accepted into those schools aren’t going to go away. Anecdotally my son, in CS finance industry, had 40K loan…he lives in expensive Manhattan (has since he graduated) and he has told me that loan is no problem.</p>