<p>I LOVE computers, and I have found many schools with this major, but I keep hearnig that ONE school is better than the OTHER school, even though they have the same major?
Is this true?
Does anybody know a great comptuer engineering school?
I was looking into UCSD as my initial choice....</p>
<p>UCSD i am sure is fine choice for computer engineering, however schools like Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Cornell shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as UCSD!</p>
<p>to Sheed30 - sorry to burst the bubble here, but Engineering is engineering no matter where you study it at the undergrad level. Sure Stanford, MIT .... are more highly regarded schools, but the statement that UCSD isn't even comparable to those schools is a tad ridiculous. Engineering is not a field where status counts for much. In the engineering industry, A BS in engineering is like a high school diploma in the college admission process. When you go to college no one cares where you went to high school. Its the same with engineering - once you start working, no one cares where you went to undergrad. The only place your college affiliation gains you some advantage is in the area of getting that first job, and going to grad school. The last time I checked, UCSD places people pretty well in teh engineering industry, and UCSD grads have no problem getting into grad school.</p>
<p>To Easton - don't listen to the hype over which school is the best, its not worth the stress. Also - consider EE, with an option in computer systems. All EE programs allow you to specialize your program based around your interests. The reason I say that is that EE is more marketable than computer engineering, so you can essentially study the same thing, but get the broader, more highly regarded degree.</p>
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Is this true (that ONE school is better than the OTHER school)?
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Definitely, some departments are stronger than the others.</p>
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Does anybody know a great comptuer engineering school?
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CompE is interdisciplinary (EE and CS). Hence, the stronger EE and/or CS departments of a school, the better their CompE programs. </p>
<p>Aside from CompE, also consider CS which focuses only software.</p>
<p>UCSD has a fantastic reputation in engineering. I don't know anyone that goes there (being an east-coaster), but if that's where you want to go then there's certainly nothing wrong with that. </p>
<p>Since you sound like you are looking for other suggestions, any of the UC's seem to have really strong reputations, even outside of California. Elsewhere on the west coast/no-so-on-the-coast, UC-Boulder is a solid engineering school and U. of Washington is supposed to have an awesome computer engineering department (with quite a bit of support from Microsoft) - UW was actually my second choice.</p>
<p>Engineering programs are ABET accredited. You can go to this site and search for programs in whatever geographical area interests you. Beyond that, consider cost of school, size of school and size of department, and other factors that you generally like about schools. (For instance, do you want to be at a tech school or a "regular" college? Urban, suburban, or rural campus? Sports? Greek? Small classes or big classes?)</p>
<p>Also, some schools don't have a Computer Engineering major per se. Some have Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Systems Engineering, or whatever. Lots of crossover.</p>