How valuable is a UW Computer Science degree?

Bowdoin’s CS course list seems rather limited in typical core courses (e.g. no databases or compilers), though some unusual electives are offered:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/catalogue/courses/computer-science/courses.shtml

Bowdoin has 3 regular faculty, 2 visiting faculty, and 1 adjunct faculty in CS:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/computer-science/faculty/

Washington direct admit to CS is an obvious choice if affordable. If not… what other schools were you admitted to?