<p>I don’t think it really matters where you go for a CS degree, at least among the schools mentioned. When it comes to getting a job, it’s about what you know rather than where you went to school. But if you’re into rankings, here’s ARWU’s ranking of worldwide CS programs - </p>
<p>[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities in Computer Science - 2012 | 2012 Top 100 Universities in Computer Science | ARWU-SUBJECT 2012](<a href=“http://www.shanghairanking.com/SubjectCS2012.html]Academic”>http://www.shanghairanking.com/SubjectCS2012.html)</p>
<p>It has Berkeley as #3, UCLA as #8, USC as #13, UCSD as #14, Illinois at #15, Washington at #21, Georgia Tech at #24.</p>
<p>The CS graduates I see coming out of Berkeley, UCLA and USC all seem to be equally qualified. </p>
<p>From the alumni magazines USC sends me, it looks like there are some pretty interesting things going on in the department.</p>