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@chandras
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 • 3 years ago •
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Can you please suggest the best computer science colleges?
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Hello, I was wondering if you guys can suggest the best computer science colleges that will be best careerwise, thank you! I know that MIT and Carnegie are obvious, but are they really the best? Do they give the best chance for getting the best job? Thank you for any help in advance!

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@chandras3 years ago

Thank you for any help in advance!!!! Would really appreciate your suggestion...

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@WIStudent2021
32 answers, 53 votes
 • 3 years ago

I compiled list of all the rankings, and of the ones I was interested in (I didnt include some schools like Harvard, UVA, etc.)

Here were stand-outs:

UC Berkeley

UCLA

UT Austin

GIT

Princeton

UPenn

I know UC Berkeley was one of the highest on my lists, so check them out for sure! I think GIT is a good engineering school for it, and Princeton is probably the best Ivy except maybe for Harvard...

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@KTG3 years ago

Thank you for the information & suggestions. It was very helpful.

@KTG3 years ago

Is RIT and NYIT long island a good choice for computer science, or game design, programming & development?

@WIStudent20213 years ago

Okay, I'm just 18 and did like 15 minutes of research, but here are my thoughts... RIT I think has slightly more catered programs to what you want (ie they offer game design degree, NYIT doesnt) and they may be better rated overall in comp sci... However, I don't think there is a tremendous difference at either school if you go to either. I really recommend if you are set on these options for apps, that you go to their compsci departments website and read their guidebooks to see which courses...

@WIStudent20213 years ago

... you have to take (ie. one school might have more gen ed and prerequisite courses and another might be more open cirriculum and let you take electives) and see which you prefer. Moreover, one thing is location and I don't know how important that is to comp sci majors: NY probably I'm guessing has more outside school oppurutntities than Rochester because of its size, so that's something to consider too...

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@Mercyangel
12 answers, 28 votes
 • 3 years ago[edited]

Here are the best computer science college:

Stanford University.

University of California--Berkeley.

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign.

Cornell University.

University of Washington.

Georgia Institute of Technology.

Princeton University.

University of Texas -- Austin.

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Columbia University -- New York, NY

University of California--Los Angeles

University of Wisconsin--Madison

Harvard University

University of California--San Diego

University of Maryland--College Park

University of Pennsylvania

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@elena
15 answers, 58 votes
 • 3 years ago[edited]

https://blog.collegevine.com/best-colleges-for-computer-science/

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/united-states/computer-science

(for grad schools) https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

Hope this helps!

I also want to add that from what I've seen, it doesn't really matter too much where you go to school for CS jobs. Since the industry is quickly and constantly growing, jobs want to find people with the best skills and a lot of capabilities. My dad went to a state school with a totally different major but then taught himself about computer science, programming, etc. Now he's a product director for a software company. He is also in charge of hiring new employees, and the biggest thing he says stands out to him is a candidate's skills and experience, not where or with what major they went to school.

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@KTG3 years ago

Thanks so much for the information. It really helped.

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@CIT
1 answer, 1 vote
 • 3 years ago

California Institute of Technology

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@KTG3 years ago

Thank u.

@KTG3 years ago

Do you think RIT & NYIT-long Island are good for computer science & game design development? I live in dutchess cty NY.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@chandras3 years ago

Yeah, I think so since I heard from my friends who live there that they are great...

@CIT3 years ago

I think they are good but RIT is more expensive

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