Please rank these colleges in order by their computer science department!

College Search & Selection
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<p>This is my college list in alphabetical order:
Boston College
Cal Poly
Carnegie Mellon
Colgate
College of William and Mary
Columbia
Cornell
Georgetown
James Madison
Lehigh
New York U
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Tufts
UC Berkeley
UC LA
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
U Illinois
U Rochester
U Southern Cal
U Texas Austin
U Virginia
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>Been doing lots of research and I still don't know if NYU, U Rochester, UVA, Georgetown, Boston and William and Mary have good computer science departments. Their websites all say it's rated in the first tier but it's all subjective. In my mind, I have Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, Cornell, Colgate and UC Santa Barbara at the top of the list as far as their computer science department goes.</p>

<p>Any help in minimizing my list would be great (need to toss the schools with bad cs departments out of my list)! </p>

<p>Thanks a mill!</p>

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<ol>
<li>Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley</li>
<li>U of Illinois</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
</ol>

<p>The rest aren't too great for Computer Science.</p>

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<p>Well ok apart from the obvious, do Boston College, C. of William and Mary, Columbia, Georgetown, NYU (dream school***), UCSD, UCSB, U Rochester, and UVA have good computer science departments?</p>

<p>The others are obvious reaches for me and most known for their cs departments. Any others in the list above that are at all notable for a decent cs department?</p>

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<p>Boston College's CS department isn't good to my knowledge. I can't speak of the others, but I can say that UCSD, URochester, and UVA have good CS programs. I'd venture so far as to say that NYU has a good one as well, but probably ranked between 20-30 (if my memory is correct).</p>

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<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Computer and Systems Engineering Program was ranked 22nd in Sept 2004 and then 20th in Sept 2005 By US News and World report.</p>

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<p>Good Luck in Your College Search</p>

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<p>College-----------US News Rank Computer Engineering
(Schools who'e Highest Degree is a Doctorate)
UC Berkeley...................2
U Illinois........................4
Carnegie Mellon..............5
U Texas Austin...............8
Cornell University............9
UC LA..........................14
UC San Diego................16
U Southern Cal..............17
Rensselaer Polytechnic....20</p>

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<p>College----------Rank Computer Engineering
(Schools Who's Highest Degree is a Bachelors of Masters)
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo... 2</p>

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<p>Undergraduate Business Specalties
College----------Rank US News- Management Information System
Carnegie Mellon..............2
U Texas Austin...............3
New York U...................10</p>

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<p>While US News didn't have these other schools on one of their Lists.
They are all great choices and you need to determine which ones are a good match for your interests.</p>

<p>Boston College
Colgate
College of William and Mary
Columbia
Georgetown
James Madison
Lehigh
Tufts
UC Santa Barbara-US News
U Rochester
U Virginia
Virginia Tech</p>