<p>Interesting that a new poster would open a thread that is five years old. Btw, US News does not rank undergraduate COMPUTER SCIENCE. </p>
<p>^ Would there really be any difference from the Grad to Undergrad ranking?<br>
“Food for thought” - just as the zombie poster mentioned. </p>
<p>My aunt and uncle moved to the Chicago burbs while my cousin was in high school. He got into both engineering schools and there was no way they could justify the extra cost to go to UMich, so he’s starting at Illinois this fall. But I understand often times people don’t want to go where say 24 kids from their high school are going. I don’t think you can get any more similar than Illinois vs. UMich; both large, both Big Ten, both have a strong athletic presence. I’d be curious to know if anyone can really breakdown the engineering program differences of the two and if the employment outcomes are any different.</p>
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Computer Science and Computer Engineering are both housed in the College of Engineering in Michigan. Both have access to the same faculty and facilities. There is no difference in academic quality and placement opportunities for these fields. Michigan’s Computer Engineering is ranked 6th.</p>
<p>Btw, there is no u-grad CS ranking on US News.</p>
<p>“Would there really be any difference from the Grad to Undergrad ranking?”</p>
<p>Not really, unless a university has limited resources and funnels all of them to its graduate programs. That is not the case with the Engineering programs at UIUC or Michigan.</p>
<p>However, I do not think undergrads get to benefit enough of what makes UIUC #5 in CS relative to Michigan’s #13 ranking.</p>
<p>“I don’t think you can get any more similar than Illinois vs. UMich; both large, both Big Ten, both have a strong athletic presence.”</p>
<p>With all due respect to UIUC, I think Michigan is more similar to Wisconsin in regards to academic, athletic, and location desirabilty components. While Illinois is excellent in engineering and some other disciplines, Michigan has more strength across the full range of academics. Furthermore imho, Ann Arbor has it all over UC as a preferable location to spend four years of one’s life. </p>
<p>Both are great schools, and you definitely cannot go wrong with anything you choose. UMICH is a bit higher ranked than UIUC in general, but once again, it’s pretty marginal. Living in the midwest all my life most people see Mich, Illinois, and Wisconsin as equals. UIUC does have an extremely good CS program with state of the art facilities, though. Overall, it isn’t going to matter much what institution you choose for undergrad in terms of employment, so I would go with the cheapest option. </p>
<p>" Living in the midwest all my life most people see Mich, Illinois, and Wisconsin as equals."</p>
<p>I too have lived all of my life in the midwest and I have never looked at all three schools as equals.</p>
<p>Most people do see UMich, UIUC, and Wisconsin as similarly prestigious. The OP should be focusing on fit when deciding between these schools.</p>
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This is a highly subjective statement Alexandre especially since a student might prefer Illinois’ campus and strong Greek Life over UMich. Illinois has made it to a Sugar Bowl and a Rose Bowl and a College Basketball National Championship game in Basketball this century as well so the school has certainly experienced its own share of athletic success.</p>
<p>@rjkofnovi
You may have seen it that way, but others simply do not. The midwest is a mostly a prestige free place where Depaul grads get hired along with northwestern and michigan grads. Having lived in Chicago, Wisconsin, and briefly Michigan, most people can hardly even tell the difference between BIG ten schools (barring nebraska). Even most hiring managers I’ve talked to (yes I know, this is anecdotal) have very little preference from one BIG school to another. I’ve interned at big banks in Chicago which have recruited from a variety of schools. This isn’t the northeast where you have to go elite or bust. </p>
<p>“Even most hiring managers I’ve talked to (yes I know, this is anecdotal) have very little preference from one BIG school to another.”</p>
<p>You’re welcome to your opinion uofi as well as goldenboy. </p>