For computer science rank these colleges in order based on the factors of computer science program quality and average salaries after graduation and midcareer. Tuition is a factor too but not as big due to financial aid possibilities.
Lehigh University csb program, Penn state, Pitt, Cal poly slo, usc, Georgia Tech, purdue, umd, Muhlenberg Columbia 3-2 program
Essentially, you want someone else to do your basic research for you…right? You can pretty much get that information by searching this forum or other sites via the WWW.
@Jamrock411 Not at all. Georgia tech and usc are the highest, but the rest are very close. I believe your answer is quite inconsiderate. I am not saying Harvard, Emory, and Penn State.
I don’t think the available data or services would support a meaningful ranking according to the OP’s method, especially for colleges that are “very close”. For Penn State v. Pitt v. UMCP there may be some objective, measurable differences in program quality or average alumni earnings, but I doubt those differences weigh too heavily compared to the individual student’s course choices, motivation, effort, internship experiences, etc.
You can look up average salaries (starting and mid-career) on payscale. Payscale has rankings by school, and it has rankings by major, but I don’t think it ranks earnings for a specific major across schools (eg Penn State CS majors v Pitt CS majors).
US News has rankings for graduate CS programs and undergraduate computer engineering programs, but not for undergraduate CS program quality. Other rankings do exist. Google around.
The following ranking appears to be similar to what you want:
http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/computer-science-degrees-best-roi/
However, it only covers 25 schools, and the quality rankings are drawn from ARWU, which only ranks universities (not LACs like Muhlenberg) and whose methodology may not be too appropriate for undergraduate programs.
Ok, I’ll bite…
UMDCP, Cal Poly SLO, Georgia Tech, usc
Lehigh University csb program, Penn state, Pitt, purdue
Muhlenberg Columbia 3-2 program
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For computer science rank these colleges in order based on the factors of computer science program quality and average salaries after graduation and midcareer.
Tuition is a factor too but not as big due to financial aid possibilities.
Lehigh University csb program, Penn state, Pitt, Cal poly slo, usc, Georgia Tech, purdue, umd, Muhlenberg Columbia 3-2 program
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At those OOS publics, “financial aid” will not likely be given. They’ll expect you, an OOS student, to pay.
What is your home state?
How much will your family pay?
What are your stats?
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You’re OOS for Calif…so will your parents pay the OOS costs for SLO? if not, take it off.
If you’re OOS for PSU, Pitt, and Purdue…those will also be unaffordable unless your parents will pay for most/all costs.
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720 math 720 reading so 1440 total.
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True, there’s no financial aid for OOS applicants at many of your schools. What’s your budget? If 45K out of pocket for your parents = fine, you’re good about anywhere. Less than that and it becomes dicey. 30K and below, only privates may be affordable but this will depend on what the NPCs tell you…
Ranking them on average salary is probably difficult to impossible, since I’m not sure colleges release average salary by major like that. PayScale has some data but their data is too flawed to make a decision like this: it’s all self-reported with no verification, so salaries could be inflated (and there’s some evidence that people do inflate their salaries when reporting to sites like PayScale), and it’s a convenience sample, so it’s more likely to attract people who make salaries they are proud of and want to report. It’s also a sample of people who were asked to provide that information and agreed to it - which, to be frank, are usually job seekers who are on the site because THEY want salary information. PayScale makes you report something to get something.
Besides I’m not sure that there’s any significant difference in the CS salaries between someone who went to Georgia Tech vs. someone who went to Purdue, for example. Computer science is computer science - the jobs that will open to you are going to be the same regardless of where you go. The career services and networking might be better at some schools than others, but all the schools you listed (including Columbia, where you’d spend your last 2 years) are well-known and excellent for that kind of thing.
Undergrad departmental quality is usually not ranked. You can look at rankings of graduate programs, but it’s not directly transferable. Graduate rankings indicate that Tech, Maryland, and Columbia are top 10-15ish; Purdue, Pittsburgh, Penn State, and USC are all around 15-30ish; and Lehigh is a mid-ranked ~60-70ish program (but that’s probably because they are a research 2 instead of a research 1 university, and like I said, doesn’t necessarily speak to the quality of the undergraduate program).
You’re OOS for Cal Poly, but their total tuition costs for nonresidents is about $20,000 - which is still way cheaper than the CoA at many private schools (including the ones on your list), so I wouldn’t take it off necessarily. The other OOS publics are higher, though - Tech’s, Maryland’s, and Penn State’s are all around $30,000.
@rkumar3550, guessing that you are from PA since there are so many PA schools in your list. I used to live in the Lehigh Valley area myself, so very familiar with most of the schools that you have mentioned. Since I live in NYC now and work in the Bay area, I am somewhat familiar with Cal Poly and USC (bro attended). It is not fair to rank these for CS as that depends on a lot of “consumer (you)-specific” variables:
a) What you want to do after school? Where do you want to work? If the Bay area is your preferred location, I would give more weightage to USC and Cal Poly. GTECH, UMD and Purdue are well represented there as well.
b) Do you prefer a CS type of job or a more Business-oriented one?
c) Depth and breadth of curriculum. For example, GTECH offers different paths in CS even for a BS.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/threads-better-way-learn-cs
d) Strength of placement - internships, coops, jobs. Again as an example, the link to the GTECH CS Career Fair that is being held this week.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/student-life/career-development/career-fair-attendees
e) COA - imp item as most of state schools in your list will not give you aid (merit or otherwise) if you are OOS
So, what I would suggest is that you add your own criteria, do the research and figure out what is of essence and what makes sense to you.
Disclaimer: My D1 attends Pitt Med and D2 is a Sophomore at GTECH (COE not CS)
You may want to check out the schools on this list
http://www.computersciencedegreehub.com/50-innovative-computer-science-departments/