Show yourself the WPI campus and surrounding neighborhood @http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609. It is not a high crime area. The project based education is a big part of what WPI is about. If you are not familiar with the program, check it out at https://www.wpi.edu/project-based-learning/wpi-plan. Worcester is the second largest city in New England with over 184,000 people. The city has over 35,000 college students.
You might like to take a look at the listing of companies that hired CS graduates in 2016. The hiring companies include many world-wide corporations. Go to Career Development at https://www.wpi.edu/student-experience/career-development, page down to First-Destination Success, click on to 2016 POST-GRAD REPORT for a download of PDF. Go to the index on page 3, click on Computer Science and you will go to page 17 for a complete listing. If you are curious, you can repeat the process for other majors.
Good luck! Wish you could see the campus.
WPI class of 1967. Computers were like magic then! :bz