UMass Amherst vs Rutgers NB for Computer Science

geo1113
Wed, 21 May 2014 22:36:43 +0000

My son was choosing between the two schools and while not as a CS major, he was considering a CS minor. Both schools seem to have pretty good departments. And from what I have seen from rankings, the two are comparable, i.e. have seen Rutgers rated higher in some and UMass in others. However I just scratched the surface on job placement. As far as the location, Amherst is smaller and a nicer town than New Brunswick. Rutgers is an hours or so from Philly and NYC whereas UMass is about two hours from Boston. Rutgers campus is more spread out.

Have you visited the schools?