RIT vs. Rose Hulman vs. purdue vs san jose state vs cal poly pomona vs washington state

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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<p>I've been accepted to the schools above for Computer Science. RIT would be about 10k a year cheaper than the other two, but I know the other two have higher reputations. I see that CS students at Rose have about an 80k average accepted salary after graduation, while RIT grads have about 64k. Is this because the student population or teaching is better at Rose? I'll probably get around 7500-10000 in merit aid from rit and maybe 5000-7500 from rose and none from Purdue. I'm out of state at Purdue and i'm not sure if the extra 40k is worth it at rose or Purdue. My parents can pay for all three schools. I could also go to Washington state which would save about 29k over RIT. I would also get in state tuition for San Jose State and Cal Poly Pomona because I'm in the process of moving. I realize that the decision depends largely on how much I want to spend for college, but in my situation, what would you choose?</p>

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<p>Well, congratulations on your many acceptances. If you are just moving to California are you sure that you will get in-state tuition for the first year? Sometimes states put a hold on in-state residency for one year. The schools are going to feel very different from each other. Purdue is a huge school while Rose Hulman is tiny. Do you feel like you might thrive in one environment versus the other? I’d be careful comparing salaries - the Rose figure sounds a bit high but salaries can be skewed tremendously depending upon the location where graduates wind up working. </p>

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<p>Thank you, I get in state tuition in both California and Washington because I went to high school in California, but I’m moving to Washington. </p>

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<p>Be careful with state residency. For example, “Generally, establishing California residence for tuition purposes requires a combination of physical presence and intent to remain indefinitely. An adult who, at least one full year prior to the residence determination date for the term in which enrollment is contemplated, can demonstrate both physical presence in the state combined with evidence of intent to remain in California indefinitely may be able to establish California residence for tuition purposes. A minor normally derives residence from the parent(s) with whom the minor resides or most recently resided.”
<a href=“Residency | Office of the Registrar”>Residency | Office of the Registrar;

<p>For Washington, there is the typical one year waiting period:
<a href=“Financially Dependent Students | Residency for Tuition”>http://residency.wsu.edu/residency-requirements/dependent-student/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“Financially Independent Students | Residency for Tuition”>http://residency.wsu.edu/residency-requirements/independent-student/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>SJSU is in a good location for employer recruiting for CS.</p>

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<p>Why do you keep talking about 3 colleges when you have 6 listed. Did you get accepted directing to the CS program at UW? That is critical because otherwise it is competitive to get into CS and they can’t take everyone. Cal Poly Pomona also boasts high starting salaries. I think they often place in Silicon Valley where cost of living and so salaries are higher. Someone posted a payscale.com chart with CPP at the top #1, over many bigger name colleges for starting and midrange salaries for CS-- I don’t really know if the survey can be trusted, but as a general indicator, you get the idea. So you have all good schools. I’d drop Perdue only because large OOS college with no merit, good for CS but not the best school overall. If you were instate it would be another story.</p>

<p>Sounds like you don’t have your FA offers yet. So one thing will be what is the COA net at each college? Do you parents really not mind the Rose Hulman tuition?</p>

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<p>I just got 10k per year in merit aid to RIT as long as I maintain > 2.8 GPA. This would bring the cost down to about 34,000 per year. Purdue is 39,000, Im not expecting to get much merit aid from Rose, maybe 5k a year which would make it 49,000. I’m thinking either RIT or Purdue. CSUs are very impacted so it would probably take me 5 years to graduate which would also increase the cost. WSU isn’t very well known. I like Purdue, but I think they might weed out more students than RIT. Is it tougher to get a CS degree at Purdue? Thanks</p>

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<p>Low graduation rates at CSUs have to do with relatively low admissions selectivity. CPP has a four year pledge program: <a href=“https://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/programs/grad_pledge/”>https://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/programs/grad_pledge/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;