<p>I got in both of these two school in school of engineering. I was wondering which college would be better for me? I want to major in computer engineering. Also, I live in Illinois but UIUC might be cheaper but price of the school doesn't matter that much.</p>
<p>I also don't understand the difference between computer and electrical engineering... Which one would be better to major in?</p>
<p>man I hope price is not a factor for me.</p>
<p>UIuc is better at com s, idk bout com e</p>
<p>for the school of engineering or computers I would choose UIUC. As far as job wise an electrical engineer basically can do everything a computer engineer plus more. I would say majoring in electrical engineering would be a wiser decision.</p>
<p>I think UIUC is better for engineering, and I think the electrical engineering major would be more useful.</p>
<p>They are about equal in engineering with the slight edge to Illinois overall. If you are instate for Illinois, it makes little sense to spend the extra money going OOS to a comparable school. I will say though that in my opinion Ann Arbor is a better place to spend four (or more) years and the university is overall a bit stronger just in case you change your mind about engineering.</p>
<p>Forget rankings et all. Too close to call. Just go to the one you think you'd be happier at (city, weather etc).</p>
<p>need more advice!</p>
<p>These are both very good schools, comparable in many ways. If you're in-state for either one, that's the sensible, cost-effective choice. For engineering they're very close overall, both among the top engineering schools in the country, though UIUC may have a very slight edge in computer and electrical engineering. For just about any non-engineering field (except ag which Michigan doesn't have), Michigan has an edge, with far more departments ranked in the top 10 or top 25 in their respective fields, especially in business and in the humanities and social sciences but also in many scientific disciplines. </p>
<p>Michigan also has slightly fewer students (26,000 undergrads, to 31,000 at Illinois) and significantly more faculty (2,367 full-time, v. 1,974 at Illinois), consequently a lower student/faculty ratio (15:1 at Michigan, 17:1 at Illinois) and smaller classes (45% of classes under 20 students at Michigan v. 38% at Illinois; 17.9% of classes over 50 at Michigan v. 18.8% at Illinois). Michigan also has a slightly better freshman retention rate (96.0% at Michigan, 92.2% at Illinois) and a better 6-year graduation rate (88.0% v. 82.0% at Illinois). And IMO, Ann Arbor's a better college town than Champaign-Urbana, though the latter is somewhat underrated nationally. So if cost is no object, or if you're a Michigan resident, there are good reasons to choose Michigan. If you're an Illinois resident, UIUC is an easy and sensible choice.</p>
<p>Others have given you facts and hard numbers. If you're still undecided, why not visit both campuses (and relevant departments) and go with your gut feeling. Would I be happier in this or that environment in the next four years? The fact that you're in IL should make both places easy to access by car.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the help, it seems to me that UIUC would be the better choice for me. Now I'm confused about what to major in... Computer engineering or Electrical engineering? Which one will offer more job opportunities and a high salary? I am really into computers, but not so much into the programming. I also like anything that is electronic as well...</p>
<p>Computer engineering is, to a great extent, electrical engineering as applied to computers. In other words, EE is the more generalized discipline. Moreover, "programming" is more computer science than computer engineering. Both EE and CE currently offer job opportunities and good salaries. Likely that will remain true four years from now, but with engineering it is always hard to predict which ones will be in most demand several years into the future. As to deciding which one you really want, you can easily put that off until after first year since first year courses are generally the same.</p>
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