Do I need to take the recommended course in order to gain more ad opportunity?

There’s many colleges that offer CS. Even cheap ones OOS and you have to look at the school to see Scholarship. W Carolina. S Illinois. Utah - ok these are not diverse.

UAH. Florida State. Florida Tech with merit. WVU. UTK. U CINCY. MS State. Hundreds of great schools.

If you are eligible to work in the US you’ll be fine at solid yet affordable schools.

Unemployment is 4.2%. If kids at these colleges were not getting jobs we’d have a crazy rate. College grads + hard work and tenacity = a good chance at a bright future.

Btw Houston…fine school

If you want diversity head to northeast or west. TCNJ, New Mexico. San Diego State etc

Good luck.