Does a BA or BS in Computer Science hold more weight than the other to employers?

Personally, I think it's less about the name of the degree versus what you know and what you learn during your education. At UT Austin, with the BS and the BA, the difference is pretty much one or two CS classes and you take extra language classes (at the base level). In the BS, you do have time to take these extra language classes, so for someone who knows the degree plans, it makes more sense to me to get the BS and just take extra language classes for electives than to skip the extra CS classes for the language classes. This isn't because I care about the raw number of CS classes that you take, but I think that if you ultimately want to do work in the CS field, you should take as many classes as you can in this subject to gain more knowledge on and more experience working with the material From the question description, it seems that you're not deciding between just the BS and the BA; you're thinking about doing the BA because you want to double major. I did the exact same thing - I considered doing a double major and doing the BA would be easier. I decided to stick with my BS, and the reason really boiled down to the fact that I wanted to do work in tech. If you just kind of like CS and want to ultimately do work in finance, then focus your time and energy on that. But, if you're looking to do work in the tech field, it makes more sense to me to focus your time and energy into the CS degree (meaning the BS). This answer's kind of dragging on, but I think the biggest questions you need to ask yourself are: Why do you want to get a double major? What kind of work do you want to do when you graduate? Even though the BA might be the "easier" way you, I think the BS will give you more flexibility in the tech industry. Like I said, if working in the tech industry isn't your main goal, then maybe the easy route might work out for you. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions - would love to discuss this with you (from one Longhorn to another!).

No. Your school, your grades, and your work experience matter, but most people won't know the difference between the two designations at your specific school and probably won't care either.

At Berkeley we have a similar system with about half of the CS students getting a BA in CS and half a BS in EECS. I've talked to a bunch of recruiters and other key people at companies (ie startup founders) and they've all professed not to care one way or another. Most of them probably wouldn't know or care about the difference and the ones particularly familiar with the Berkeley program know that both paths are so flexible that they overlap more than they differ. At worst, it might look a little weird to people, but I doubt there will be more than that. The name of your school is going to have a much larger impact, and even that depends on the companies you apply to. (At least within startups I've seen the full range from aggressively preferring the "big four" CS schools to hiring lots of dropouts.) And, of course, your education is only a small component of your whole resume, especially in the tech industry. (Things might be different if you want to go into management consulting or a similar field.) So, at worst, a BA vs a BS will have a small negative effect at some companies on a single part of your resume. Most likely, it won't matter whatsoever. That's not worth worrying about at all!