<p>So I am currently studying at Michigan State and majoring in Computer Science. I was recently considering transferring soon.
My Question is that does the rankings really matter for a computer science program which just depends on the software aspects of computing?
I am an International Student btw so In state tuition and other such factors will not affect my decision.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I found that for undergraduate, the rankings aren’t accurate and don’t determine anything at all but for grad programs it does. I’d say that anything past 60 spots probably is the same in quality.</p>
<p>Reputational rankings can relate to how well recruited the school is by smaller non-local companies for your first job at graduation (they are less important for later jobs).</p>
<p>This assumes that the school has a CS major program worthy of the name, not a “CS” major that is more of a slightly glorified IT major or which is missing some key course offerings.</p>
<p>Following on to what ucbalumnus said, you need to make sure that there are enough CS classes so that you have a choice - Not only do you not want an IT major by default, you also don’t want to have only 15 classes to choose your required 14 classes from.</p>
<p>I would say I have a decent number of options in selecting the required classes from but not a lot.
The only reason I am considering transferring is because maybe the job opportunities would be better somewhere like UT-Austin or GTech.</p>
<p>Avg starting salary for CS grads is $70k. That’s not bad. Placement all over US.</p>
<p>I’m surprised to hear you say that you think another school would have better job placement than Michigan.</p>
<p>Mich CS is good, not great. Wisconsin is better. UIUC is better.</p>
<p>flymetothemoon the OP is currently at Michigan State so schools like Georgia Tech, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. definitely have better placement. </p>
<p>To OP: Transfer only if you are really miserable at MSU. Relocating is too much stress and you won’t find much difference in education.</p>