What is the best science field to go into in a college?

Does the college you go to really matter when you apply for jobs in the field of computer science?

• I've heard from a lot of people who have graduated from top notch Ivy League schools that after they graduated, they were essentially treated the same as graduates from state ...show more

• Answer:

  I have about 140 people that work for me in IT and they do a variety of things. I or any of my peers at other businesses or agencies don't care where you received your degree from. Rather we only care that it was in a field that relates to the job description and it was from an accredited university. I care, we care, more about your core skill set and ability to do something specific like JAVA programming, system engineering (creating patches, writing script), Information Assurance and the such. CompSci is nice but it's general and not focused in a specific area. People who work for me also have a varying list of degrees not related to IT but again, it's more important that they have a skill set then a piece of paper. Your friends were treated the same because they didn't listen to those of us that actually do the hiring and have been doing IT for decades. If you go to college, learn how to do something. If you want a job that people sit around and talk theory all day, get a degree in Mathematics.