How is purdue compared to rest of the colleges?
Note: Finances do matter but my dad is willing to pay the extra money if he finds it worth it. So, if uw madison or ut austin are worth it he would pay the extra money. Are there any big advantages of attending these schools compared to purdue or umass?
Can somebody tell me how is purdue compared to the colleges mentioned for cs?
There are over 2000 4-year accredited colleges and universities in the USA.
Nobody here is likely to be very familiar with CS programs at all 4 of these schools.
All of them do seem to have decent, respected CS programs. So if you don’t have your own criteria to decide (such as close family/friends living in one area, or a loathing of cold weather), just go with the lowest net cost … then adapt.
Or, you could go with a ranking like this one:
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings/page+2
This is a graduate program ranking and in my opinion isn’t a good basis for choosing among ~peer undergraduate programs. But, if you need some justification for spending more to attend Texas than one of the other schools, well then, you could point to that (then hope that the best CS professor at UT doesn’t retire or move to UMass next year).
do you know how Umass Sports Management program is?
I’m only going to talk to UMass (I work for a startup in the Boston area). CS grads from Amherst have no problem getting jobs in Boston, which has one of the largest tech scenes in the US (measured by VC) after Silicon Valley and (sigh) now NYC. Austin has a tech scene but it is much, much smaller. (Which could be good or bad.) Honestly, if finances matter it does seem to be a no brainer.
Boston–bad weather, expensive, crazy taxes, lacks fun laid back vibe of Austin. https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/11/austin-is-top-place-for-startups-in-america-not-silicon-valley.html
Go to UMass. Save your money, and enjoy a quality education at one of the top CS schools in the U.S.
In terms of overall academic rep, UT, UW and Purdue have the edge over UMass. This might not matter if you stay in CS, but if you changed your mind it might. That said, if you wanted to take an English course at Amherst or Sociology at Smith, you could do that as a UMass student. I think that’s pretty cool. That is the one real advantage UMass has over the other three. (aside from cost…)
UT, UW and Purdue are all big-time sports schools, especially UW and UT.
Are you sure UW would cost $220k? Last I checked, UW costs about $45k all-in for OOS students… which would come to $180k over four years. Are you factoring in a lot of travel and spending money?
(or have UW’s OOS fees gone up $10k per annum?)
@pat07ek What field of CS are you interested in? UMass Amherst is well regarded for IR. UMass is a no brainer. Excellent college town, great food, top program. Boston’s tech corridor could have good internship possibilities. There is certainly a good size population from India. No way I’d pay more for UW. I don’t even think UT is worth 50 k more unless you are rich. Boston is a super fun city.
@prezbucky
UW Madison coa is around 53k.
https://financialaid.wisc.edu/cost-of-attendance/
First choice : Artificial intelligence
Second choice : Software engineering
I’ll decide between these two when I start my college!
@gearmom
Current UW tuition is just under $37k, and room and board is around $11k. The rest of the UW budget estimate includes books, travel and misc. — we always found those estimates to be much larger than actual experience, though for an international student, travel costs will be a substantial expense whether it involves flights to Boston, Austin or WI. For getting to UW, easiest would be fly into O’hare and take Van Galder coach bus to Madison, a 2 hour ride, with regular departures every day.
Does the tuition increase every year(from the first year)? @Midwestmomofboys
Yes, tuition goes up each year.
Yes, UW tuition increases annually in our experience, it was about $1000-2000 a year for OOS.
Is the OP clear on what the merit at UMass Amherst covers in terms of fees? I recall hearing that U Mass tuition is low, but there are steep program and academic fees – OP will want to make sure they are comparing apples to apples when looking at costs at different schools, and that the UMass merit covers not just tuition but also relevant program fees.
It’s a lump sumn deducted from direct costs each semester.
@pat07ek I would remove UW from the table being more expensive and a peer of UMass. Your only question is UT worth 50k more than UMass. I would have a tough time justifying that. Graduate from UMass and then move on to grad school. https://www.cics.umass.edu/ugrad-education/artificial-intelligence
What about the other universities? Does their tuition increase?
@SwimmingDad @Midwestmomofboys
I heard that purdue’s tuition is fixed since 2012.
Purdue froze its tuition in 2013, and has announced the freeze will remain in place for another year through '18-19 school year. I would guess that will not last beyond next year, but who knows.
Where would the 50k come from? Do your parents have that amount or would they have to borrow?