<p>Berkeley has 2 Computer Science programs – BA Computer Science and BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)</p>
<p>The EECS program in Berkeley is worldwide famous. I graduated from UCLA 2005 with an Electrical Engineering degree and I am working for Chevron in San Ramon, which is the headquarter of Chevron. Several (if not plenty) of my colleagues were graduated from Berkeley EECS and I was the mentor for an intern from Berkeley EECS last summer. </p>
<p>So, forget about the BA Computer Science from Berkeley. I won’t hire them; no opportunity for interview! If you get into EECS, go for it. You can choose either the Electrical (hardware) or Computer (software) curriculum. Both curriculums are impressive. When I compare myself with the EECS folks from Berkeley, I am less expressive. Maybe it is just my personal characteristic. We are all categorized as very smart and creative in the company. Knowledge wise, I don’t see any difference. I am very happy to receive a nice bonus and salary increase in 2009 under the current turmoil. </p>
<p>The salary ranking above doesn’t make sense because it doesn’t say how many folks in the class are used in the calculation. If you get a nice GPA and do well in ur interview, you will get a job and good pay in any blue-chip large scale company. AND the starting pay scales are the same in big companies unless you have industry-related internship experience.</p>
<p>I have no clue on Brown.</p>