<p>We all know about Caltech, Berkeley, MIT, etc.... , but what colleges get overlooked when choosing a school with a good CS program?</p>
<p>Awesomo, some I would look at would be WPI (MA), Clarkson (NY) and Case Western (OH).</p>
<p>I would also add RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) to that list, as well as Purdue and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champlaign. </p>
<p>An an east coaster who goes to college in the midwest, I know RPI as a school for kids with MIT smarts and not terrific grades. A lot of my math/science oriented friends had problems turning down schools like UIUC and Purdue, where they knew the quality of education was solid.</p>
<p>University of Nebraska - Lincoln's J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Business Management</p>
<p>Rensselaer is definitely one on the rise. Building a really solid reputation.
UVa's Computer Science program is quite underrated.</p>
<p>University of Washington</p>
<p>^Not really a hidden gem is it? Well, maybe for people on the east coast ...</p>
<p>Santa Clara University. UC Irvine, UCSD.</p>
<p>I second UC Irvine. University of Nebraska is a JOKE.</p>
<p>I suggest you look at the actual program before dismissing it.</p>
<p>I second Clarkson and RPI.</p>