Do you have recommendations for small colleges with a good computer science program? Not looking for highly ranked schools. Something that might be a “match” for an applicant with, say, 3.7 GPA and 1200-1400 SAT score. Small preference for campuses that are not in a big metro/urban setting. Thank you.
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Cost constraints and state of residency?
Some states may have public engineering focused small colleges or public LACs that you investigate their CS offerings at.
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Rose Hulman comes to mind.
But more info would help.
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Geographic area, cost constraints, deal breakers, wish list? What qualifies as small?
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Geographic area: any except TX LA SC FL MS AL GA
cost constraints: < $30k/yr avg cost after aid
deal breakers: very urban/metro
wish list? more than 3 Computer Science faculty
What qualifies as small? less than 8k students
Thank you
Juniata, Washington College, Clarkson, St. Olaf, Endicott. While all (but Endicott) are generous with aid, you still might have a hard time coming in on budget. Run the NPC.
Your best bet to come in on budget might be to look at your instate (non flagship) options.
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The following small schools are low cost for out of state students:
University of Minnesota Morris
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Depending on your state of residency, there may be an in-state COPLAC school or engineering focused school that meets your price limit.
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Rhodes College?
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That would fall under urban/metro
If you have need, Connecticut College might be good but also might be a bit reachy.
It’s a beautiful suburb area on the water.
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When applying to smaller state schools as an OOS student, check OOS enrollment and make sure they are not “suitcase” schools. The schools I could think of recommending in my state that meet your other criteria have great programs but I wouldn’t recommend them to an OOS applicant.
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RIT and WPI might fit the bill, but cost may not work.
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Do you qualify for need based aid ? That’s going to be the difference from a name brand possibility to not.
Run an NPC please.
Here’s one below just for reference.
And which state are you from ?
Just for fun and games, a school like UT Martin fits your bill, stat dependent of course.
Can you share gpa and test score and highest level of math too.
https://vanderbilt.clearcostcalculator.com/student/default/netpricecalculator/survey
I would have recommended WPI, but it is very urban and neither will come in on budget.
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Your biggest problem is budget.
Almost any school has relatively good CS.
I would recommend go to USNW list of LACs and scan schools ranked 100+. Investigate schools that look appealing to you (location, size, vibe), then go to their website and check offered Merit scholarships. After you have your looking ok and affordable after merit come here, and people will guide you.
What is a “suitcase” school? Students are mostly local commuters?
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Sorry, what is NPC? – Oh, I see, net price calculator. Thank you.
A suitcase school is one where many students are from the area and go home on weekends.
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One where many of the residential students head home most weekends. “Suitcase” students are different from those who commute to the school daily since they live on or near campus, but tend to be less connected to campus social life than those who mostly do not leave on weekends.
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Your other threads indicate that you live in a WUE state, and looked in WUE states for a prior college student.
That brings up some other options like CSU Channel Islands, which has about 5,000 undergraduate students, offers WUE tuition (probably around $30k all-in with WUE tuition), offers a CS major, and should be a safety for a 3.7 GPA student who completes the CSU a-g course requirements (note: includes a year of high school art).
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