Good Undergrad Schools for Computer Science

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm trying to expand my options, any schools other than UIUC, UMich, UC Berkeley, MIT, Carnegie, that have a great computer science program? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I would definitely add Georgia Tech and Stanford to that list. Look into Rice as well!</p>

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<p>Have you run the net price calculators at each school to see if they are financially realistic?</p>

<p>Less expensive out-of-state public schools include Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Stony Brook, and Cal Poly SLO.</p>

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<p>I’m not applying to all the schools I listed. I’m just trying to get a general idea of schools that have great CS programs, the ones I named are the ones I’m already aware of.</p>

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<p>Brown has a highly-regarded CS program that can be combined with a couple of other majors: CS/math, CS/applied math, and CS/economics. Google, Apple, Microsoft and various major consulting firms hire quite a few graduates every year. My son’s faculty advisor taught many of the people at Pixar as well as other industry leaders.</p>

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<p>Note that the big well known computer companies tend to recruit widely. It is the smaller companies and startups that are more likely to focus on local schools and a few non-local “good for CS” schools that they know about. (Yes, Berkeley and Stanford have a double advantage of being both well known for CS and being near Silicon Valley and its collection of startups and small companies.)</p>

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<p>Rice
UT Austin
UWashington</p>

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<p>Since OP resides in the Midwest, I would suggest tOSU as best value option in terms of Academics + Athletics + Scholarships (National Buckeye Scholarship) for OOS Students.</p>

<p>Supercomputer update</p>

<p>[Supercomputer</a> update | The Columbus Dispatch](<a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/science-environment/2012/06/oakley-computer.html]Supercomputer”>http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/science-environment/2012/06/oakley-computer.html)</p>

<p>IBM And Ohio State University Get Analytical</p>

<p>[IBM</a> And Ohio State University Get Analytical - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2012/11/29/ibm-and-ohio-state-university-get-analytical/]IBM”>IBM And Ohio State University Get Analytical)</p>

<p>Q&A: Ohio native on target with career at Pixar</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/06/20/ohio-native-on-target-with-career-at-pixar.html[/url]”>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/06/20/ohio-native-on-target-with-career-at-pixar.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) at Ohio State </p>

<p><a href=“http://accad.osu.edu/[/url]”>http://accad.osu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Scholarships</p>

<p>[Scholarships[/url</a>]</p>

<p>Geographic diversity (autumn 2012)
Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory. States with the highest enrollment:</p>

<p>500+: Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, New York, Michigan
300 – 499: New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Virginia
100 – 299: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kentucky, Connecticut, Minnesota, Tennessee, Washington, Missouri, Utah, Arizona
50 – 99: Colorado, West Virginia, South Carolina</p>

<p>Ohio State Computer Science and Engineering </p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“Ohio State Computer Science and Engineering - YouTube”&gt;Ohio State Computer Science and Engineering - YouTube]Ohio</a> State Computer Science and Engineering - YouTube](<a href=“Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University”>Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University)</p>

<p>Best of Luck & Go Bucks!! :)</p>

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<p>Cornell has an outstanding program. Bill and Melinda Gates Hall is currently being built on campus to house the computer science department.</p>

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<p>Cornell, Duke, UT Austin, Washington, Stanford, Berkeley, and CMU</p>

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<p>^^^ I would add to that list the ff schools:</p>

<p>MIT, Michigan, Caltech and Harvey Mudd.</p>

<p>I will replace Duke with Brown.</p>

<p>Seriously, Duke’s comsci program is no match to MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU and Caltech’s.</p>

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<p>This topic comes up all the time. Search for other threads on this topic to get more opinions.</p>

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<p>LOL at Ohio State being mentioned.</p>

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<p>informative - Ohio State is the answer, no matter what the question is, Ohio State is the answer ;-)</p>

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Your jealousy towards Duke shows. It may not be as good as those 5 but is certainly as good as Brown and Michigan. Its very undergraduate focused too with a lot of grant money that is available to undergraduates.</p>

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<p>^^^ I’m sorry, but I see it the other way around. I think you are over-rating, over-hyping Duke and is putting it in a place where it obviously does not belong. Both Brown and Michigan have a stronger comsci program than Duke’s. Both Brown and Michigan have also enough money to operate their comsci program. I have no reasons to be jealous here.</p>