Best Undergraduate Programs in CS for Women

PengsPhils
Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:05:31 +0000

Yeah, this myth that classes are mostly curved, particularly bell curved, is wrong. My CS program doesn’t curve the first year introductory sequence at all. Once you get to upper-level classes (Algorithms, Theory of Computation, OOD), then you start seeing those significant curves.

Again, most CS departments should be project based homework - none of those programs are incredibly special in that regard.

In terms of a “cutthroat” environment, UCB has some good suggestions there.

As others have said, there really isn’t going to be a CS program that’s “better for women” in terms of academics - a balanced or more balanced gender ratio and/or a good support network is what you would want to look for. My school has a lot of good clubs and organizations centered around women in technology, and we have a pretty decent and rising gender ratio in the program.

Main Point: figure out exactly the features of the program you are looking for are, and narrow by those. However, in general, nearly all CS programs will assume no prior programming knowledge.