<p>If you're taking the time to read this post, hi! :)</p>
<p>I'm planning to go for computer science or engineering and I've got quite an extensive list of possible private unis already. However, I think I need some financial safeties, so I'm looking into public unis strong in engineering/ comsci with a good honors college that comes with merit aid, or just merit aid on its own. I know of Rutgers so far. Any others? Or even private unis with good merit aid, if those exist?</p>
<p>Check out some of the SUNY Schools… I wanna say SUNY Buffalo and SUNY Binghamton have it, but im not 100% sure-</p>
<p>Try Georgia Tech and Purdue</p>
<p>Georgia Tech</p>
<p>It is hard to get merit aid at OOS publics, so you should look first at your in-state options for your financial safeties. There are lots of quality public engineering programs out there and they are often overlooked by people chasing “selectivity” or “prestige-factors”. Two-thirds of Lockheed’s key recruitment schools for engineering are, in fact, public.</p>
<p>How about NYU_poly…</p>
<p>Being from Indiana I’m going to say Purdue. Some other Big Ten schools, like Illinois have good reputations as well.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech, Illinois, Purdue and of course UC-Berkeley if you can get in</p>
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Thanks for the suggestions so far.
I am a US citizen, but living overseas, so I don’t belong in-state anywhere.</p>
<p>Take a look at the University of Texas at Austin.</p>
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<p>Many top CS programs are at public schools. Here’s a partial list:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UIUC
Georgia Tech
U of Washington
UT Austin
UCLA
U Maryland - College Park
UMich - Ann Arbor
Purdue
UMass Amherst
U Wisc - Madison
UNC - Chapel Hill</p>
<p>In NJ itself, I’d say Rutgers is the top in-state public for CS. There’s also NJIT and Stevens.</p>
<p>UCB, UCSD, UIUC, UMich, UW, UT</p>
<p>Wisconsin.</p>
<p>[Google-based</a> Ranking of Computer Science and Engineering Departments](<a href=“http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/rank.html]Google-based”>Google-based Ranking of Computer Science and Engineering Departments)</p>
<p>The study seems a trifle biased but it’s fun. And in any case Wisconsin is universally recognized as having a top ten Comp Sci program. Great engineering school, too, with excellent newer facilities. And on top of that, you’re in one of the greatest college towns in the country.</p>
<p>Take a look at UIUC. All sorts of major tech firms recruit at UIUC, and graduates on average make 70k right after college.</p>
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Really? That’s quite high for engineers … especially for civil engineers. Any reference?</p>