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<li><p>Since when does the large number of faculty members correlate with a strong dept? Caltech has possibly the lowest number of faculty in every dept, yet they rank top 5 in almost everything. I’m sorry but 100 faculty for one dept just sounds absolutely ridiculous. I will take quality over quantity any given day.</p></li>
<li><p>Sure SBU can have recruiters but I guarantee UT has at least 10 for every 1 at SBU. Again, I have been to career fairs at both schools. </p></li>
<li><p>DOE operates about 17 national laboratories, not 4. [United</a> States Department of Energy National Laboratories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy_National_Laboratories]United”>United States Department of Energy National Laboratories - Wikipedia)
Sure BNL is next to SBU but exactly how many students get a chance to do research there? Not too many as I recall. It is not easy to get the SULI internships.</p></li>
<li><p>OK.</p></li>
<li><p>Once again a large number of students would raise a red flag for me and does not correlate with the strength of the dept. </p></li>
<li><p>Very nice. </p></li>
<li><p>There is no reason not to smile anytime. It is just harder at SBU as I recall. Not a lot of escapes where you can forget about work for a second and relax. </p></li>
<li><p>A quick search gave me the list of this Gourman report (from 20 years ago?), UT is 10 while SBU is 16. </p></li>
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<p>ARWU (2011) ranks UT 8th, while SBU is unranked. [Computer</a> Science Rankings | World Ranking Guide](<a href=“http://worldranking.blogspot.com/2010/02/computer-science-rankings.html]Computer”>Computer Science Rankings | World Ranking Guide)</p>
<p>NRC ranks UT 7th and SBU 31. [NRC</a> Rankings in Computer Science](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area29.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Computer Science)</p>
<p>US NEWS ranks UT 8th in computer science, but I can’t seem to find SBU on the list. [Best</a> Computer Science Programs | Top Computer Science Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings)</p>
<p>US NEWS ranks UT 5th in computer engineering, SBU 58th.
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<p>Overall I believe SBU might be a good dept, but UT is overall better.</p>