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Artificial Intelligence

AI is the New CS

We have AI-named majors. You don't have to learn operating system intricacies to get a CS job (that may pay even better).

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 45 11% 60% / 40% 29% $183,688 100 98% —
2 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 0 29% — — — 99 — —
3 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 19 5% 84% / 16% 16% $203,415 100 — —
4 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 0 12% — — — 99 — —
5 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 0 5% — — — 100 — —
6 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 1 43% 100% / 0% 0% $94,597 95 98% —

Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)

These universities have strong AI research and courses, but the major is still called Computer Science. They're not trying to be trendy, but they're still pumping out AI talent.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL — 37% — — — — — —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY — 8% — — — — — —
3 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA — 11% — — — — — —
4 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA — 4% — — — — — —
5 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA — 13% — — — — — —
6 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD — 6% — — — — — —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD — 45% — — — — — —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI — 16% — — — — — —

Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...

These universities have excellent AI research and CS teaching.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA — 9% — — — — — —
2 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY — 9% — — — — — —
3 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA — 12% — — — — — —
4 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA — 42% — — — — — —
5 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC — 17% — — — — — —
6 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL — 79% — — — — — —
7 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX — 22% — — — — — —
8 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 24% — — — — — —

Solid Programs

These universities have great AI research.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA — 60% — — — — — —
2 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL — 43% — — — — — —
3 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ — 88% — — — — — —
4 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 0 55% — — — 97 — —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX — 52% — — — — — —
6 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH — 49% — — — — — —
7 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI — 41% — — — — — —
8 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 11% — — — — — —