Chemical Engineering in PSU or CS in Waterloo

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I got offer from PSU for Engineering Undecided and Waterloo for Computer Science. I am confused which is better and where I will have better job prospects? Please advice.

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Waterloo is a top university for CS.

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Penn state is better for job prospects

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Not for CS. Google and Facebook hire at Waterloo.

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Waterloo provides better future opportunities in CSE than ChemE at PSU.

Be prepared to work really hard.Waterloo is really well known in the Computer Science field.

Overall, Chemical Engineering job prospects, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, are just so so.

                                                              ChemE                                                   CS

Job Outlook 2012-2022 4% (slower than average) 8% (Programmers)

22% (software developers)

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-programmers.htm
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/chemical-engineers.htm

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I thought I read something that Waterloo had more student patents than Stanford did. Not sure where

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Chemical Engineering and Computer Science are completely different fields.
The question isn’t where you should study, it’s what you want to study.