<p>How is the Computer Science department at Columbia? I know it isn't ranked as highly as a Carnegie Mellon or Cornell, but is it still a good program in the eyes of big software companies like Microsoft or Google? If anyone has any information about that, or about anything else regarding the department, please share.</p>
<p>Also, I am interested in double majoring in Econ with Comp Sci. Is this somewhat common and a doable option? If so, what types of job opportunities would this open up?</p>
<p>It’s a strong department and getting better all the time. Lots of people go to google and microsoft both for jobs and internships.</p>
<p>Yes. It is very highly recruited… second in the Ivy League only behind Cornell, IMO.</p>
<p>Expect to land a sweet finance gig if you succeed as a CS major at Columbia.</p>
<p>Cornell (4.6) and Princeton (4.4) are highly-regarded by their peers, whereas Columbia (3.9) lags far behind; top program, but third-rate relative to those of CMU and Cornell. Still a top program.</p>
<p>Tech in finance usually isn’t very sweet.</p>
<p>sorry, meant to say it is very highly regarded.</p>
<p>What are the ratings? Can you provide a reference? Thanks</p>
<p>Second in the Ivy league is a little silly (if it’s even right), since a ton of non-Ivys would place ahead of it. MIT, CalTech, Stanford, CMU, Cal for sure, plus a bunch of others more arguably.</p>
<p>Yep. MIT/CalTech/Stanford/Cal are all better than Ivies in their engineering. </p>
<p>With that said, Columbia CS is still pretty good. If you put MIT/CalTech/Stanford/Cal/others in the first tier, I’d put Columbia CS in the 2nd tier along with UCLA/UW/Princeton/Cornell/some others.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a job in a software industry, are you not better off at west coast?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m applying to Berkeley and Stanford as well, but I was just wondering about Columbia’s department and whether I should add the school to my list.</p>
<p>yes, you should add Columbia to your list, along with UCLA/Cornell/Princeton/MIT…</p>