Engineering Colleges Like Duke

ucbalumnus
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:04:24 +0000

There are some very good CS degree programs without ABET accreditation (e.g. Stanford, Berkeley L&S CS, CMU), but also some very limited ones (e.g. Amherst).

For CS, ABET accreditation merely indicates a decent minimum standard; an ABET accredited CS degree program may anywhere from decent to excellent. One that is not ABET accredited may be anywhere from very poor to excellent, and needs more careful evaluation individually.

There is a niche area, patent law, where ABET accreditation of the degree program is advantageous for CS majors.