<p>I'd like to hear some of your opinions...</p>
<p>Transfer applicant, got into both UC Santa Cruz and Cal State Fullerton and was wondering which one is better for CS majors.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Both are fine. Is one more affordable? </p>
<p>Do you qualify for Cal Grants and/or Blue and Gold for the UC?</p>
<p>I live within a 20 minutes drive of Fullerton but money is not an option if UCSC is much better.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “money is not an option”. A CS degree from UCSC isn’t going to get you a better paying job. However, it might give you more of a “campus experience”…however, it’s not worth a bunch of debt.</p>
<p>I am able to support myself pretty well financially if I were to go to UCSC. Fullerton would obviously be much cheaper but I want to be in the best environment and program for my major.</p>
<p>Both have ABET accreditation in CS, so they meet a decent minimum standard.</p>
<p>UCSC may be more convenient to recruit from by smaller Silicon Valley computer companies (though SJSU and SCU are even more convenient, and those same companies probably can’t resist going to Berkeley and Stanford). If that is of concern, you may want to ask the career centers at each school for a list of companies that come recruiting for students in your major, and post-graduation outcomes for students in your major.</p>
<p>You may want to check the course catalogs to see if they offer different courses in terms of your specific interests in CS. Also, as a transfer student, if one of them will require a lot more catch-up CS courses after transfer because you could not find articulated prerequisites at your local community colleges, that could mean either delayed graduation or having fewer upper division CS electives during your time there.</p>
<p>Of course, as others have mentioned, cost (especially if there is a large amount of debt involved) can be a big factor.</p>