Computer science rank ?

<p>Which are the best schools for Computer Science in USA? (top 10)</p>

<p>The top 3: MIT, Stanford, Berkeley (they really are inseparable when it comes to computer science)</p>

<p>CMU, Princeton, Caltech, Cornell, Michigan, Harvard, U of Washington, Georgia Tech</p>

<p>UIUC, Texas-Austin, Wisconsin, UCLA </p>

<p>[Rankings</a> - Computer Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-computer-science-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-computer-science-schools/rankings)</p>

<p>What’s the usual basis for saying one school is better than another in computer science?</p>

<p>If you had bothered to look closely at the Peer Assessment scores, you would realize that CMU clearly belongs at the top with MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley.</p>

<p>^ I’d say close, but not clearly.</p>

<p>*Which are the best schools for Computer Science in USA? (top 10) *</p>

<p>This is fine question to ask if you have the stats for MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, but what if you don’t?</p>

<p>Which would be the best CS schools for kids with - say - a 28 SAT (91st percentile)?</p>

<p>^Or if you’re constructing a list of colleges with matches and safeties as well…</p>

<p>Yes, the follow-up question is interesting. Admission to MIT and to Stanford is speculative even for strongly prepared students, and attendance at Berkeley is dicey for out-of-state students, so what would a top-25 or top-50 list for UNDERGRADUATE computer science study look like this year?</p>

<p>Those are graduate school rankings which may not apply to undergrad. Also, computer science and computer engineering are very different. Make sure your schools are good at the kind of CS you are interested in.</p>

<p>Also, computer science and computer engineering are very different.</p>

<p>True, they are different. But, how likely is that a school would be strong in CompE, but have an inadadequate CS program? (I know the other way is possible).</p>

<p>*Or if you’re constructing a list of colleges with matches and safeties as well… *</p>

<p>Very true…</p>

<p>This is fine question to ask if you have the stats for MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, but what if you don’t?</p>

<p>Which would be the best CS schools for kids with - say - a 28 SAT (91st percentile)? </p>

<p>Wisconsin, Washington</p>

<p>I thought I’d ask about this again to see if other readers are familiar with undergraduate programs in computer science.</p>

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<p>^ Thanks for posting. I asked a friend elsewhere in cyberspace, who said the list is “junk,” especially as a guide to undergraduate programs. </p>

<p>No offense intended to you, as you were just trying to help out. I genuinely don’t know, which is why I ask.</p>

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<p>Confused by your list of tiers. It doesn’t even match the ranking you provided. Why did you put UT in your 3rd tier when it’s ranked above many of the schools you put in the 2nd tier?</p>

<p>I’ll say this: I doubt anyone’s going to have access to very much statistical information which indicates which schools are best for an undergrad CS degree. However, if I look at top schools that purportedly have baller CS departments (from what I’ve heard, i.e. “CS is a stronger department than most of ours here”), I get (not particularly in order, just which popped up first):</p>

<p>MIT: Even if CS isn’t stronger than engineering, it’s still MIT and draws top tech profs Stanford: They’ve got an amazing graduate program in CS, which should hopefully have a “trickle down” effect, if nothing else,
Brown: One of Brown’s top departments, and routinely draws students who had no intention of doing CS in due to the departmental atmosphere
Carnegie Mellon: Has great research happening
CalTech: A similar situation to MIT, but I’ve read unflattering things about their undergraduate (as compared to graduate) focus
Berkeley: Again, great grad program, I’d hope it has a good trickle down effect.</p>