Neither of these schools are very good academically. You should go with whichever option costs the least amount of money. You don’t want to graduate from either school with student loan debt.
@informative That’s interesting news. I’ll let the UMass colleagues we know making six figures in CS/CE that their degree is rubbish.
sigh. Please, just ignore. Don’t feed the trolls. I’ve stopped wasting my breath.
In case anyone’s interested, I set up an AMA thread here: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-massachusetts-amherst/1748135-ama-ask-a-umass-honors-college-freshman.html#latest