<p>How good is the computer science program at UCONN and how are students faring in the job market after graduation?</p>
<p>The program is good, from what I’ve heard, but unfortunately, I can’t help you on the post-graduation information. Perhaps call career services tomorrow? They may have data.</p>
<p>I can provide some info from the Computer Engineering dept if that helps.</p>
<p>My son attended accepted students day in April in Computer Engineering and the graduating students who were presenting to us (approx 8 of them) were asked if they were attending graduate school and none of were. One guy answered the he may but he was offered a job that paid more money than his Dad was making and that his firm had offered to fund his grad degree. They all chimed in that they did not know of anyone in the major that did not have a job lined up for after graduation.</p>
<p>They were an impressive bunch.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. We have been trying to decide between RPI and UCONN honors computer science. RPI comes with a huge price tag -even with scholarships so been trying to figure out if it is worth it. Your comments are very much appreciated.</p>
<p>My S had to choose between UConn honors, RPI, Tufts and several other great choices. Ultimately he chose UConn honors because his visit at accepted students day went very well and he was impressed with the opportunities and he realized that he was destined to head off to grad school for sure and he figured that an undergrad degree from the flagship honors college would help him do just that without graduating with a mountain of debt. I’m sure he will have RPI on his list of grad school apps because I know he was impressed. RPI also gave us some aid that other schools did not so we were grateful for that but, like you, it didn’t bring the cost down enough to let us stop worrying.</p>
<p>These times call for careful fiscal decisions, not just for the parents. The freedom a student has by being loan-free or paying a reasonable amount off quickly can mean the difference between living a free and happy life with many choices and being stuck in a miserable high-paying job for years and years. I try to get my kids to read all the many message board posting from people who feel trapped and helpless because they over extended themselves with education loans and are saddled with debt that is following them throughout their adult lives. </p>
<p>PM me if your student has any quesitons for mine. Good luck to you guys!</p>
<p>Let me start off by saying I stumbled upon this topic while searching for something completely unrelated, but I thought I would offer my thoughts on the subject since I’m currently a Junior in Computer Science at UCONN.</p>
<p>All of my professors in the Engineering school and in Computer Science specifically have been extremely nice and helpful. It is truly like a small school within a much larger one. One time I emailed my advisor about a question regarding my plan of study and received an email back from the associate dean within 45 minutes with an answer. You do find the occasional odd professor, but I think that comes with the discipline to be honest and spending years of your life writing parallel algorithms to solve all the world’s problems is bound to take some toll on you.</p>
<p>In terms of grad school and job opportunities, not a week goes by where I don’t receive at least a few emails from the department head or the dean of Engineering about job opportunities. We have many successful alumni who are always looking to hire graduating seniors or even undergrads for summers. They often send emails to the higher ups in the School of Engineering and we get them forwarded to us. Among the latest: Software Engineer for an online financial management company, a media management and distribution company… I honestly feel like everybody is looking out for me. We also have a ton of workshops on landing jobs and there are engineering specific job fairs at least a few times each year.</p>
<p>Though I don’t know specifically of people applying to graduate schools in Computer Science, our school has a big push going on currently to promote undergraduate research which is at the core of a good graduate school application. There are lots of interesting things going on from Bioinformatics to Robotics to Artificial Intelligence, and there’s always room for a motivated undergraduate to get involved. I have been working with a lab for a few years now, and the university offers a bunch of money for undergraduates to spend on equipment necessary for research. Either way, I think our program boasts some high statistic(90+%) for job placement and I have not heard of anybody having trouble finding jobs upon graduating.</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope that answered some of your questions. Let me know if/when you have any more!</p>
<p>My cousin is currently working for his masters in comp. science at UCONN while being a TA there also. He says its a very good program, and almost everyone that graduates gets a job or goes to grad school.</p>