<p>I can afford both. I just want to know which computer science programming is better and by how much. thanks :)</p>
<p>Neither is very good. Just go to whichever is cheapest. These really aren’t the type of schools you get picky about.</p>
<p>If I had to choose I’d go with Lowell but neither are very good schools. I doubt there is a ton of difference. Also, Umass Boston doesn’t have dorms if that has any impact on your decision</p>
<p>Actually, UMass Lowell has an excellent CS program, as does UMass Amherst. UMass Lowell is definitely stronger for sciences and engineering than Boston.
And Boston is not a real campus since it has no housing. So it’s a no-brainer.</p>
<p>[Transformation</a> of UMass Lowell - Lowell Sun Online](<a href=“http://www.lowellsun.com/umasstransformation]Transformation”>http://www.lowellsun.com/umasstransformation)</p>
<p>Umass-lowell is better for cs.</p>
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<p>We really should reserve the word excellent for excellence. Otherwise the word is cheapened. </p>
<p>There is no measure by which when compared against nationwide peers does UMASS Lowell rate excellent. </p>
<p>UMASS Lowell does NOT have an excellent CS program.</p>
<p>I think the two are at about the same level of mediocrity. UMASS Lowell has more engineers, so the culture might be more high tech and might draw more local recruiters.</p>
<p>I did not mean to imply that it was “excellent” on a *national *level! The OP is comparing UMass Lowell to UMass Boston, **not **UMass to Carnegie Mellon or Stanford.
People think that UMass Lowell “sucks” and that is simply an unfair over-generalization. Some of their programs are much better than others and that is especially true for their engineering and CS programs. Also, they have lots of good ties to engineering and scientific companies in the Merrimack Valley and Nashua for internships and jobs. Their nursing program is pretty good too. The university has come a long in the past 10 years or so and continues to improve on every level.</p>
<p>People that are saying both schools are not very good are making me feel like crap -.-… Anyways, just to clarify, if I plan on majoring in CS I should choose lowell over boston? Thanks.</p>
<p>Definitely Lowell. Boston doesn’t even look like a college. Why no UMass Amherst ?</p>
<p>Yes, go to Lowell and don’t feel like crap! You will be getting a very good (maybe even excellent) education for very little money. It’s a great deal. And my family knows some of the CS professors there (through robotics) and they are wonderful. An example is Dr. Holly Yanco who oversees their robotics program.
[Home:</a> UMass Lowell Robotics Lab](<a href=“http://robotics.cs.uml.edu/]Home:”>http://robotics.cs.uml.edu/)
And another recent development for their robotics program - [UMass</a> Lowell Hopes To Grow Robotics Industry With Testing Facility | WBUR](<a href=“http://www.wbur.org/2013/02/12/umass-lowell-robotics-testing]UMass”>UMass Lowell Hopes To Grow Robotics Industry With Testing Facility | WBUR News)
Most of the people who dump on UMass Lowell don’t know how much the school has advanced in the last 10 or 15 years. Or are unaware of the quality of some their specialty areas like engineering and sciences. The other thing hurting UML’s reputation is the GPA and test scores of applicants which are not as high as UMass Amherst. So the average student there might not be as smart as the average MIT kid, so what?
Go, and take advantage of all the best it has to offer, ignore the not-so-good parts, and you will get a great education for peanuts.
The reason I advocate so strongly for UML sometimes is that my family carefully looked into their CS program for my son. And we were very impressed with both the CS and engineering programs.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Well for one Lowell has more national recognition, albeit it’s not very high it is maybe 10x more known than Boston because of the hockey program. Boston is a borderline community college. Lowell is a full fledge research college. Lowell also sits next to a 40Bn defense contractor. If your smart you can get an internship there in the summers and have a guaranteed job ready for you out of school. Business Insider ranked UML as the most underrated college in the country.</p>
<p>The CS faculty emulates MIT and Harvard classes. And the program is quite tough. I’d say 80% drop out in the first 2 years. So if you do survive you will be one smart cookie.</p>
<p>I graduated in the early 00’s. All of my friends got 60k-80k programming jobs right out of school, and now we all make 100-300k per year.</p>
<p>I work every day toe to toe with MIT graduates and make more money than them. Lowell instills a blue collar work ethic which will carry you over the entitled pricks from prestige colleges you run into in the real world. </p>
<p>Study hard and laugh when all your friends drop $50k a year to go to BU when in 10 years you own a BMW and a million dollar house while they are still paying off school loans.</p>