<p>Both schools are amazing and the campuses at both schools are wonderful. Both schools have great employment prospects and CS at each school is pretty much equivalent when it comes to rankings. </p>
<p>I would let your son choose the school he wants based on ‘fit’ (i.e. how much he likes he school’s environment) rather than on job prospects or selectivity. </p>
<p>Other schools in UM’s selectivity range are MIT, CMU, Stanford, Berkley, UCLA, Princeton, UIUC, Georgia Tech, Cal Tech and Cornell (in no order).</p>