Penn State University Park - Computer science not ABET accredited?

[NJcollege2021]

Need someone inputs on this found out Penn State Main Campus (University park ) BS - Computer Science (college of engineering) not ABET accredited

What is this means ?
Is this means BS - CS is not recognized degree ?
Will it hamper future job prospects ?

It’s highly ranked 25 in CS Rankings and 30 in US News

What kind of Job and internship opportunities available from PSU

It’s very confusing such a highly ranked CS program not accredited
Any inputs on this really appreciate it

[jlhpsu]

I think this was answered on the discussion thread, but in case anyone else comes across the question I’ll answer it here.

ABET accreditation is for engineering degrees. Computer Science, while in the college of engineering, is not an engineering degree and thus would not be ABET accredited. Computer Engineering, however, is.

[NJcollege2021]

How important is ABET accreditation for Computer Science programs?

ABET is not a big deal in CS. I graduated with a CS degree in 1983 and worked in the field since then, and didn’t even know there was such a thing as ABET accreditation for CS until I learned about it 4-5 years ago here on CC.