San Jose State has been mentioned in this thread, so I’ll use it as an example. San Jose State has more alumni working at Silicon Valley tech companies than any other college, including more alumni at several highly desired SV companies than any other college, such as Apple. SJS has over 20,000 registered employer recruiters and numerous opportunities for quality SV internships. This suggests many Silicon Valley employers perceive that SJS has a quality CS program, which is understandable considering the quality CS courses that SJS graduates take, which are largely similar to the ones offered at top colleges. However, I’d expect few on this forum would consider the SJS CS program as prestigious, as SJS is not ranked as a national college on USNWR and does not appear anywhere on their list of top colleges in CS ranking . On this forum “prestige” generally means top USNWR ranked type colleges/programs, particularly ones at highly selective, private colleges.