I have narrowed my choices to UW Madison and UMass Amherst for Computer Science. I got into the college of letters and science at UW Madison (Madison doesn’t do direct to major it gives general to everyone) and got into exploratory track in the College of Information and Computer Science at UMass Amherst (basically didn’t get into CS).
I got a 14K per year scholarship at UMass Amherst which brings the cost of attendance for UMass to 40K per year.
And the cost of attendance for UW Madison is 54K a year.
So is it worth to go to Madison and pay 14,000 dollars every year?
My parents can afford to pay for UW Madison but if it is not worth the extra 14 grand then I don’t wanna spend their hard earned money for just a slight advantage.
Please while making your decision give emphasis to these factors as well ranking, social life, job and internship opportunities, etc.
thank you in advance
The Ivy Achievement CS employment rankings have them almost tied (47 Madison, 48 UMass-Amherst): https://www.ivyachievement.com/computer-science-rankings/
See the table about halfway down where they cross-reference them with the other CS school ratings, US News, etc.