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Which college has a better engineering Program?

What College/Univ has the best computer science/software engineering program?

  • I can't seem to find a rating for this anywhere online. I don't want just online degrees (although information on those would still be good). I also need to take cost into account. If tuition is 2x more but the quality is only 5% better, then it's not worth it to me. Basically, I want the most bang for my buck. Thanks!

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    You specifically said, "I want the most bang for my buck." So I will try to limit my response to best match your question. I believe it is very subjective to judge if a degree is worth the often huge premium you pay at schools like MIT or Carnegie Mellon. However, the reputation of these schools certainly does influence industry opinion of which program is "best." (As an example, it has influenced me to say if money was no object, I would chose Carnegie Mellon.) Based on my experience working with, and hiring software engineers, my picks in the US for institutions with the best program for the money would be: University of Texas (Austin) Brigham Young University (Provo) U of Washington U of Chicago U of North Carolina Outside the US my knowledge is very limited. I have worked with people from these institutions and found them to be knowledgeable and they spoke highly of their education. But I can't say for sure about cost vs. benefit (bang for buck). U of Melbourne (Australia) University of Tokyo (Japan) Any of the IIT "universities" in India (I'm not saying there is no difference, just that I'm not knowledgeable enough about those differences to make a statement. I believe they all have rigorous engineering programs.

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University of Waterloo. University of Waterloo has one of the world's best computer science/software engineering/computer engineering programs. Not to mention the world's largest coop program. If I'm not mistaken, a high percentage of interns at Microsoft/Google are from U. of Waterloo. (Highest % of any school for Microsoft, last I heard). They are also top performers at almost every programming contest. From Wikipedia: Since the inaugural Putnam competition in 1938, Waterloo teams have accumulated the sixth most top-five finishes ahead of Duke, Chicago, WUSL, Yale, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon among others.

Brian Liang

Carnegie Mellon and MIT, usually.

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ykaganovich

I'd recommend looking for specific faculty members vs. the department as a whole. Finding a professor who you share interests with will be much more stimulating than general class work.

daniel

Undergrad or Graduate? Most state schools have programs which are quite good for your dollar for your BSc in Computer Science. Focus on the big name schools for your MS/PhD.

sixlettervariables

For undergraduate software engineering, I would have to recommend the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. They are the first undergrad SE program in the US and the faculty is very industry-oriented. Although I might be biased - I'm a student there.

Thomas Owens

I have heard good things about: University of Washington Brigham Young university Not sure about others.

skb

If you are in the UK, my brother went to Newcastle. He then went on to work at Codemasters for a bit and has recently worked on the latest Pirates of Caribbean game. Takes more than a degree though, passion is normally the most important element, but a degree will help those with quantifying things.

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University of Advancing Technology, Tempe, AZ.

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