<p>So, I am pretty much stuck deciding between Northeastern University and Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Both are great schools in large cities. I plan to major in Computer Engineering. Financially, I got about 30,000 from northeastern and 28,000 From Stevens so they are pretty much equal there. I feel though that Stevens, job prospects are higher being near the financial capital of the world. They both have great Co-op programs. I dont know, I am stuck deciding and want to hear what you guys have to say. Is a school better to go to because it's a technical school??</p>
<p>I’m not qualified to answer any of your questions, but I just wanted to point this out:</p>
<p>“Job prospects” doesn’t necessarily equal “city with more possible jobs”. Obviously it’d be easier to get internships and jobs in NYC than in a rural part of Kansas, but comparing Boston and NYC is different. It’s not so important about how MANY jobs there are- because most of them won’t affect you anyway. It doesn’t matter if NYC or Boston have a few more jobs each year, unless you plan on applying to ALL of those jobs. But applying to ten jobs in Boston versus ten jobs in NYC doesn’t change anything- it only matters if one location doesn’t HAVE ten jobs. I hope that makes sense. This can sometimes happen with cities that are going through a crisis. I heard San Francisco has really high unemployment compared to other major cities, for example (but could be wrong, just something I heard).</p>
<p>Also- being near the financial capital of the world only matters if you want to go into finance. If you want to build operating systems, NYC probably isn’t your best bet- but neither is Boston.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to diss NYC at all (I’m moving there to work in finance). I just don’t think you should think of it as “close to NYC means more jobs than close to Boston”. There are plenty of reasons for wanting to be close to NYC versus Boston- but jobs shouldn’t necessarily be one of them.</p>
<p>Focus on which school you like more…the location of the school in relation to where the jobs are is somewhat less important. Both Stevens and Northeastern are well known in the tri-state area…NJIT as well, for your major specifically. </p>
<p>Once you graduate and you have an idea of what you want to do for a living, you can then research locations that have more openings in that specific field.</p>
<p>Best,
Scom</p>
<p>It’s a good problem to have. 
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<p>You mentioned finance. If your goal is to work within the financial community, the answer is a slam dunk… Stevens. </p>
<p>Otherwise, go to the one you liked most.</p>