UCR vs UCSC vs Cal Poly Pomona vs Cal Poly SLO vs San Jose State for Computer Science

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<p>would you guys decide on a school based on this information for computer science major??</p>

<p>UCSC - [PayScale</a> - University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) School Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz_(UCSC)/Salary]PayScale”>http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz_(UCSC)/Salary)
UCR - [PayScale</a> - University of California, Riverside (UCR) School Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=University_of_California,_Riverside_(UCR)/Salary]PayScale”>http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=University_of_California,_Riverside_(UCR)/Salary)
Cal Poly Pomona -
[PayScale</a> - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona School Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=California_State_Polytechnic_University,_Pomona/Salary]PayScale”>http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=California_State_Polytechnic_University,_Pomona/Salary)
Cal Poly SLO - [PayScale</a> - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CalPoly) School Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=California_Polytechnic_State_University,_San_Luis_Obispo_(CalPoly)/Salary]PayScale”>http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=California_Polytechnic_State_University,_San_Luis_Obispo_(CalPoly)/Salary)
San Jose State -
[PayScale</a> - San Jose State University (SJSU) School Salary, Average Salaries](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/research/US/School=San_Jose_State_University_(SJSU)/Salary]PayScale”>San Jose State University (SJSU) Salary | PayScale)</p>

<p>So… apparently, UCSC graduates get paid the most in the field of computer science major.
So the ranking for getting paid goes:

  1. UCSC
  2. UCR
  3. Cal Poly Pomona
  4. Cal Poly SLO
  5. San Jose State</p>

<p>I have heard that Cal Poly SLO has the strongest engineering program among these schools. But I somehow got this information from my friend and my friend told me to go to UCSC instead for computer science program… but what do you guys think?? I believe this is not necessarily true. Do you guys think this is true?? Are UC schools really more respected than those CSU schools?</p>

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<p>It is you yourself that counts. You can go to different school to get a good education and a good job if you apply yourself. You shall visit and see how you like each of those schools. Do not go by avg. salary to make your decision. To answer your last question, UC’s are generally more respected than CSU schools. But it is only to a certain extent. A good student with good internship experience at CSU will beat out a good UC student with no internship experience. There are many unemploy students in all kinds of schools right now. In my opinion, Cal Poly SLO is on par with UC’s.</p>