<p>Would Iowa State or University of Illinois at Chicago or Michigan State be best for computer science? Pls help, I'm trying to be in a information security field.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>Look at Harvey Mudd, Rose Hulman, and MIT for cs!</p>
<p>What are your stats? What is your financial situation? What state do you live in?</p>
<p>I’m going to guess, OP, that because you’ve asked this question twice and rec’d so little response that CC might not be much help. If you were asking us to compare Mudd, Hulman, and MIT, we’d be a lot better help because those are the schools CC parents focus on. I’m sorry that I don’t know enough about these programs to help you out, but perhaps someone who does know something will feel challenged by my post. It’s the best I can do.</p>
<p>Having said that, you can probably get a fine cs education at any of these schools since they’re all state unis and state governments and schools are very invested in growth fields like cs. And larger state unis are probably to be preferred in general to LACs because they will have a variety of advanced courses that ordinary LACs cannot mount. In addition, cs curricula tend toward similarity at the u/g level between large state schools such as the ones you’ve chosen.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>3.0 gpa 28 act illinois resident</p>
<p>UI-C has a good program. Really, no major state university is going to have a bad CS program. It’s one of the most popular undergraduate majors and if you want to keep the lights on and the bucks flowing you have to have a solid program. Universities of the caliber of those you listed wouldn’t even think of “phoning it in” on the CS department. </p>
<p>Unless you have a better financial offer out of state, or you want a different kind of college (e.g. a liberal arts college experience with CS major), I don’t see any compelling reason for you to overlook the likely bargain in your backyard.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t be a huge difference between the programs you listed. Unless you really hate Chicago, I’d tell you to go to UIC.</p>