<p>Well am planning to major in comp science and am in a dilemma about where to go between the two universities UIUC costs higher has good rankings in top 5 in most engineering and sciences. UWisc. Overall is better than UIUC in top public universities. Am confused between the two. How are both the universities in employment after graduation from these 2 universities? and also academically which is better?</p>
<p>Computer science, UIUC def wins. Bill Gates said microsoft recruits the most people from UIUC.</p>
<p>not just Microsoft but my sister was recruited to Lockheed Martin and makes a <em>beep</em>load of money.</p>
<p>UIUC is ranked #2 for computer science. Computer science is one of their best programs. Its one of the few program in which higher tuition is worh it.</p>
<p>and where are these computer science rankings could you tell me please?</p>
<p>The USNWR rankings of Computer Sceince programs is done for Graduate programs. For Undergrad only Computer or Electrical Engineering are ranked. Here are some links I saw on the web. Hopefully someone has access to, and will post, the full USNWR graduate rankings for Computer Sceince and four specialties of:
Artificial Intelligence
Programming Language
Systems
Theory </p>
<p>Here is the link to USNW Grad rankings (they only list top 3 for non-members):
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/phdsciindex_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/phdsciindex_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Sorry about the ********</p>
<p>Still missing the Grad rankings of Computer Specialties:
Artificial Intelligence
Programming Language
Systems </p>
<p>Here is the detail of that link:</p>
<p>Apparently, these were ranked in 2006 and the results were published in the 2007 guide. </p>
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<h2>2007 US News rankings - COMPUTER SCIENCE </h2>
<p>1 - Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 5.0<br>
1 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0<br>
1 - Stanford University (CA) 5.0<br>
1 - University of California-Berkeley 5.0<br>
5 - Cornell University (NY) 4.6<br>
5 - University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 4.6<br>
7 - University of Washington 4.5<br>
8 - Princeton University (NJ) 4.4<br>
9 - University of Texas-Austin 4.3<br>
9 - University of Wisconsin-Madison 4.3<br>
11 - California Institute of Technology 4.2<br>
11 - Georgia Institute of Technology 4.2<br>
13 - University of California-San Diego 4.0<br>
13 - University of Maryland-College Park 4.0<br>
15 - Harvard University (MA) 3.9<br>
15 - University of California-Los Angeles 3.9<br>
15 - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 3.9<br>
18 - Columbia University (NY) 3.8<br>
18 - Purdue University-West Lafayette (IN) 3.8<br>
18 - University of Pennsylvania 3.8<br>
18 - Yale University (CT) 3.8<br>
22 - Brown University (RI) 3.7<br>
22 - Rice University (TX) 3.7<br>
22 - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 3.7<br>
25 - Duke University (NC) 3.6<br>
25 - University of Massachusetts-Amherst 3.6<br>
25 - University of Southern California 3.6<br>
28 - Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.5<br>
29 - New York University 3.4<br>
29 - Rutgers State University-New Brunswick (NJ) 3.4<br>
29 - University of California-Irvine 3.4<br>
29 - University of Virginia 3.4<br>
33 - Pennsylvania State University-University Park 3.3<br>
34 - Ohio State University 3.2<br>
34 - SUNY-Stony Brook 3.2<br>
34 - University of California-Santa Barbara 3.2<br>
34 - University of Chicago 3.2<br>
34 - University of Colorado-Boulder 3.2<br>
34 - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 3.2<br>
40 - Dartmouth College (NH) 3.1<br>
40 - Northwestern University (IL) 3.1<br>
40 - University of Arizona 3.1<br>
40 - University of California-Davis 3.1<br>
40 - University of Rochester (NY) 3.1<br>
40 - University of Utah 3.1<br>
40 - Washington University in St. Louis 3.1<br>
47 - Indiana University-Bloomington 3.0<br>
47 - North Carolina State University 3.0<br>
47 - University of Florida 3.0<br>
47 - Virginia Tech 3.0<br>
51 - Arizona State University 2.9<br>
51 - Michigan State University 2.9<br>
51 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.9<br>
51 - Texas A&M University-College Station 2.9<br>
51 - University of Pittsburgh 2.9<br>
56 - Boston University 2.8<br>
56 - University of California-Santa Cruz 2.8<br>
58 - University at Buffalo-SUNY 2.7<br>
58 - University of Illinois-Chicago 2.7<br>
60 - Colorado State University 2.6<br>
60 - George Mason University (VA) 2.6<br>
60 - Iowa State University 2.6<br>
60 - Oregon State University 2.6<br>
60 - University of California-Riverside 2.6<br>
60 - University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.6<br>
60 - University of Oregon 2.6<br>
67 - Case Western Reserve University (OH) 2.5<br>
67 - Syracuse University (NY) 2.5<br>
67 - University of Iowa 2.5<br>
67 - University of New Mexico 2.5<br>
67 - Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.5 </p>
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<h2>2007 US News rankings - COMPUTER SCIENCE - THEORY </h2>
<p>1 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
2 - Stanford University (CA)<br>
3 - University of California-Berkeley<br>
4 - Cornell University (NY)<br>
5 - Princeton University (NJ)<br>
6 - Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br>
7 - Harvard University (MA)<br>
8 - Columbia University (NY)<br>
9 - Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
10 - University of Washington<br>
11 - University of Texas-Austin<br>
12 - University of Chicago<br>
13 - University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign<br>
14 - University of California-San Diego<br>
15 - Yale University (CT)<br>
16 - Brown University (RI)<br>
17 - University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>
18 - California Institute of Technology<br>
19 - Duke University (NC)<br>
19 - University of Pennsylvania<br>
21 - Rutgers State University-New Brunswick (NJ)<br>
22 - University of Maryland-College Park<br>
22 - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>would you recommend going into comp sci with no experience? cuz ive never done programming but i like working with computers and i have a business fixing them and im also looking into the u of i but cant decide on which engineering to major in</p>
<p>you do realize asking for this comparison on the UIUC board will give you a different response than say, on the Wisconsin board?</p>
<p>errr...you should only do computer science if you actually like working with code and programming, not just b/c it's good money. computer science has nothing to do w/ computers and how they work.</p>
<p>"would you recommend going into comp sci with no experience? cuz ive never done programming but i like working with computers and i have a business fixing them and im also looking into the u of i but cant decide on which engineering to major in"</p>
<p>Most intro level required CS classes assume u have no prior knowledge in the subject. So yeah you dont really need any experience before coming here. Everything is pretty much taught from scratch. But with that being said a lot of people do come in with loads and loads of experience( some nerds programming since they were like 10) and they end up f###ing up the curves</p>
<p>Bii Gates came to UW and spoke to a CS class. With UW you get a great CS education and a great well-rounded university experience.</p>