Northeastern vs Yale vs NYU for Computer Science

PengsPhils
Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:47:28 +0000

In your opinion, what would be better, the co-ops and practical curriculum of Northeastern, or internships and the more varied opportunities of Yale?

That’s more of a personal preference it sounds like to me. It’s also unclear what you mean by “varied opportunities” here. I personally went to Northeastern and never considered Yale (likely would have been rejected, but still) and have no regrets, but I was someone who very much valued both being in a large city and a practical approach to academics. No approach is objectively right/wrong.

Do outcomes skew in any way in terms of career-wise?

Anecdotally, it seems to me that Yale grads are more both more likely to go into academia and into fintech, but I don’t have any data there. Neither will close the door to any interest/intent though, so I think these outcomes say more about what students choose than what they have available to them.

Does Yale’s Computer Science really lag that behind compared to Northeastern’s and is that poor?

Yale’s CS program is in no way “poor”, it’s just not quite as developed as Northeastern’s in this case.

Judging teaching is hard, but to get some relative scale, check this link and expand the pie charts for Northeastern and Yale. This tracks papers at top CS conferences by school/professor and subfield.

http://csrankings.org/#/index?all

While Northeastern’s research is more varied and generally more, there’s still plenty going on at Yale.

This is all still mainly affecting the graduate level though. Still, it at least gives an idea of the depth at each school. Teachingwise, I’m not familiar with Yale, but Northeastern is known for its unique approach, specifically to intro CS. You can read about it here: