Top Computer Science Schools

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<p>I'm looking for just a good list of the best Computer Science schools.</p>

<p>Obviously CalTech and MIT, but those are above my league.</p>

<p>Carnegie-Mellon is my reach school with RPI, WPI and Steven's as others.</p>

<p>What about large universities with strong Comp. Sci. departments (this way I also avoid the terrible male:female ratio problem)</p>

<p>Schools I was thinking of are North Eastern, UMass, UConn, Rutgers and University of Virginia(just because I'm in love with Thomas Jefferson). </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I visited my friend at Columbia and they seem to have a good CS program. There were a lot of girls in it unlike some of the other schools I've visited.</p>

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<p>Here are the CS graduate rankings, a pretty good indicator of the strength of the school at the undergraduate level. </p>

<ol>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California ?€“ Berkeley</li>
<li>Cornell University
University of Illinois ?€“ Urbana-Champaign</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>Princeton University</li>
<li>University of Texas ?€“ Austin
University of Wisconsin ?€“ Madison</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology</li>
<li>University of California ?€“ San Diego
University of Maryland ?€“ College Park</li>
<li>Harvard University
University of California ?€“ Los Angeles
University of Michigan ?€“ Ann Arbor</li>
<li>Columbia University
Purdue University ?€“ West Lafayette
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University</li>
<li>Brown University
Rice University
University of North Carolina ?€“ Chapel Hill</li>
<li>Duke University
University of Massachusetts ?€“ Amherst
University of Southern California</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University</li>
<li>New York University
Rutgers State University ?€“ New Brunswick
University of California ?€“ Irvine
University of Virginia</li>
</ol>

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<p>Thank you VERY much. Where did you get that list from?</p>

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<p>It's the USNWR rankings, it has been posted several times on this board. If you use the search function, you will find many CS questions not just pertaining to college choice or rankings.</p>

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<p>hows Cal Poly SLO? I know they're pretty good for computer engineering, but does anyone know how they are with computer science?</p>

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<p>what is the difference between comp sci and comp eng?</p>

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<p>Comp. Engineering is like combo between Comp. Science and Electrical Engineering.</p>

<p>Comp. Science is like programming and such.</p>

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<p>I have a 2006 edition of the USNWR ... assuming yours is more recent, what happened to Brown (14th to 22nd)?!</p>

<p>Smaller in magnitude but intriguing nevertheless, Harvard from 20th to 15th, and Yale from 25th to 18th ... </p>

<p>Any inside scoops?</p>

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<p>Well, Harvard is really putting a lot of focus on their engineering department (and related fields such as cs). So that would explain their climb in various tech rankings and I expect them to continue to improve. You can probably make the same argument for Yale. As for Brown, it is probably a consequence of everyone just getting better and not that they got worse. I'm just guessing though.</p>

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<p>Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>Don't worry much about #15 v #20. Either would mean a good program.</p>

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<p>RPI is easily on par with the schools on that list. Great program.</p>

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<p>I wish there was a list for undergraduate...</p>

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<p>Any other opinions?</p>