@eaglesalex per post #15. I wasn’t trying to use Computer Science and Computer Engineering interchangeably. Morehouse only seemed to have CS. Are you certain you are more interested in hardware rather than software? Both should be increasingly important in the future. I don’t think that you could go wrong.
California does have some of the best universities for computer fields in the country. Maybe don’t remove all of those options but perhaps choose your favorite California uni as a safety. California as your home state would have changed the advice you have received IMO.