<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 realize that the decision depends largely on how much I want to spend for college, but in my situation, what would you choose?</p>
<p>Important rule of thumb: it ain’t where you go but what you do there. In CS, it’s what you learn there, what platforms, software, internships you have experience with. RIT is great at these things. I don’t know washington state, but if it is the cheapest and you like the campus it’s worth a long look. Could you do your best work there? It’s a bit remote and travel and the weather can be a challenge: <a href=“About WSU | Washington State University | Washington State University”>About WSU | Washington State University | Washington State University;
<p>I don’t have a horse in this race.</p>
<p>I also have instate tuition at Cal poly pomona and san jose state, which are both in good locations for tech jobs.</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>You might want to post this under the Math / Computer Sciences forum.</p>
<p>Graduate salaries I think you need to take with a grain of salt. The people hired to work in EE are basically going to make the same amount of money anywhere in the US except for those places where the cost of living is exorbitant: NYC, San Jose, 128 Corridor, LA, etc. So when you see a big discrepancy see if you can figure out some obvious reasons–most grads go into chemical or petro, many go to silicon valley, some are happy hanging around university park or champaign-urbana. </p>
<p>the cal state schools are going to be even less, are they not? and you won’t have travel home and back costs. you will have higher cost of living expenses perhaps. I think my rule of thumb is likely to apply. Avoid debt. Learn everything you can to make you most attractive hire. Also, improve your interpersonal communication skills, learn to get along with others, demonstrate you can work as a team-mate, and get good letters of recommendation. </p>
<p>You’ll breathe easier every month when you put your Wazzu Student Loan Repayment check in the mail once you’re working. You will feel even better if you education at Wazzu is essentially free. I will hazard a guess that Wazzu computer science alumni are in the running for good jobs in the Puget Sound region (Microsoft, Nintendo, Amazon). The UW is the top dog in the region but WSU folks don’t get completely shut out.</p>
<p>In State tuition at Cal Poly Pomona and especially San Jose State are really worth it due to location - top firms hire regularly and for good salaries from SJSU. RIT is also very good. So the other schools probably aren’t worth the difference. Perhaps if it’s 10k and your parents have them without loans. Not if it’s 40K per year.</p>