<p>I would agree with afan about ABET accredidation for computer science (computer engineering and electrical engineering are probably a different matter). Carnegie Mellon’s CS program isn’t accredited and neither is either MIT or Stanford.</p>
<p>As a student in computer science, I think it would be best to contact students at different schools and ask them what the focus is or look through course catalogs for graduation requirements. Even if you don’t know what all the titles of the courses mean, you would be able to tell that CMU has almost no science core and a bunch of math classes, while MIT has much more of an engineering/science core. It’s not an issue of one focus being better than another, but an issue of fit.</p>
<p>If anyone is in the Pittsburgh area and has a junior or younger interested in computer science, CMU runs a summer program that gives students a good idea of what computer science is other than programming. PM me if you want more information.</p>