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Computer Science

Untouchables

The air up here is 90% theory, 10% pure ego. You will invent the things the rest of the industry uses 10 years from now.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 1,288 11% 74% / 26% 17% $204,418 —
2 Stanford
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 341 4% 69% / 31% 14% $256,435 —
3 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 323 5% 58% / 42% 13% $203,763 —
4 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 218 11% 54% / 46% 26% $256,767 —
5 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 361 37% 69% / 31% 23% $187,952 —

LeetCode Sweatshops

Heavy on systems, brutal data structures classes, and a direct pipeline to Big Tech. You will dream in dynamic programming and C++.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 487 7% 62% / 38% 15% $202,825 —
2 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 1,206 13% 76% / 24% 16% $178,889 —
3 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 532 43% 79% / 21% 21% $162,549 —
4 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 352 9% 81% / 19% 14% — —
5 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 415 29% 80% / 20% 20% $204,258 —
6 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 948 45% 78% / 22% 6% — —
7 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 1,135 16% 76% / 24% 22% $163,082 —
8 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 388 12% 66% / 34% 22% $169,116 —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 518 22% 71% / 29% 7% $136,532 —
10 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 515 42% 68% / 32% 12% $148,731 —
11 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 665 41% 83% / 17% 29% $127,514 —

Chalkboard Masochists

You thought you were building apps, but it is actually just discrete math, rigorous proofs, and existential dread. Ideal for future Quants and PhDs.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 96 4% 55% / 45% 14% — —
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 408 4% 63% / 37% 23% $213,398 —
3 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 184 3% 65% / 35% 15% $203,287 —
4 Harvey Mudd
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 37 9% 41% / 59% 5% $194,871 —
5 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 213 4% 61% / 39% 11% $201,835 —
6 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 178 5% 76% / 24% 17% $191,279 —
7 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 240 4% 66% / 34% 18% $247,162 —
8 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 150 4% 73% / 27% 11% $261,025 —

Co-op Slaves & Production Purgatory

Actual software engineering. You will write code, deploy it, break production, and spend 12+ months working for a megacorp before you even graduate.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 115 35% 77% / 23% 23% $130,379 —
2 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 115 55% 83% / 17% 24% $120,521 —
3 New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ 265 55% 83% / 17% 6% $100,426 —
4 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 632 6% 73% / 27% 10% $138,081 —
5 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 237 67% 85% / 15% 13% $144,095 —
6 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 313 55% 84% / 16% 7% $133,026 —
7 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken, NJ 196 28% 78% / 22% 4% $127,725 —
8 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 151 42% 65% / 35% 48% — —
9 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
Worcester, MA 231 62% 82% / 18% 6% $137,490 —

AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats

Heavy focus on research, bioinformatics, and making neural networks do parlor tricks. Less about building scalable web apps, more about publishing papers.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 282 5% 65% / 35% 18% $268,912 —
2 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 275 5% 61% / 39% 13% $214,730 —
3 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 138 6% 64% / 36% 23% $169,563 —
4 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 532 9% 69% / 31% 38% $160,239 —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 120 7% 77% / 23% 17% $157,714 —
6 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 163 8% 73% / 27% 16% $220,209 —
7 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 177 10% 59% / 41% 19% $156,117 —
8 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 334 17% 65% / 35% 10% $132,954 —
9 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 337 12% 76% / 24% 3% $159,399 —

Wait, We Have a CS Major?

Your school is prestigious, but mostly for future politicians, doctors, or investment bankers. The CS degree is surprisingly theoretical or tucked away in a basement.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 328 13% 72% / 28% 34% $145,497 —
2 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 250 35% 86% / 14% 8% $136,368 —
3 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 103 6% 75% / 25% 12% $183,665 —
4 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 73 12% 73% / 27% 27% $171,756 —
5 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 40 13% 63% / 38% 5% $146,323 —
6 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 174 9% 64% / 36% 4% $162,180 —
7 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL — 17% — — — —
8 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN 169 4% 71% / 29% 21% — —
9 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 210 8% 70% / 30% 24% — —
10 William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Williamsburg, VA 93 34% 62% / 38% 5% $143,898 —

10k-Student Server Crashers

Massive state school energy. You will learn a bit of everything, fight 500 kids for a seat in Intro to OS, and build random stuff at 48-hour hackathons.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 821 88% 84% / 16% 21% $121,625 —
2 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 383 71% 81% / 19% 4% $118,868 —
3 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 215 82% 76% / 24% 4% $120,294 —
4 CUNY City
New York, NY
New York, NY 84 42% 79% / 21% 12% $97,960 —
5 Florida International
Miami, FL
Miami, FL — 42% — — — —
6 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 6 20% 83% / 17% 0% — —
7 George Mason
Fairfax, VA
Fairfax, VA 32 72% 81% / 19% 0% $115,155 —
8 George Washington
Washington, DC
Washington, DC — 47% — — — —
9 Georgia State
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA — 58% — — — —
10 Indiana
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 196 76% 85% / 15% 11% $119,302 —
11 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 296 85% 84% / 16% 11% $123,653 —
12 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 155 72% 83% / 17% 5% $97,969 —
13 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 426 83% 79% / 21% 14% $112,276 —
14 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 373 40% 80% / 20% 5% $118,495 —
15 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 416 49% 84% / 16% 8% $116,035 —
16 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 977 75% 80% / 20% 4% $104,671 —
17 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 427 55% 65% / 35% 19% $109,343 —
18 Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 82 35% 77% / 23% 22% — —
19 Temple
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA — 55% — — — —
20 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 407 52% 83% / 17% 3% — —
21 Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 164 69% 86% / 14% 10% $109,615 —
22 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 401 44% 80% / 20% 17% $126,960 —
23 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 645 29% 78% / 22% 16% $116,096 —
24 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 301 86% 84% / 16% 10% — —
25 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 168 38% 80% / 20% 13% $128,748 —
26 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 653 73% 81% / 19% 7% $107,016 —
27 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL — 43% — — — —
28 U. of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 109 72% 83% / 17% 17% $99,284 —
29 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 195 54% 87% / 13% 8% $123,146 —
30 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 469 23% 74% / 26% 3% $123,170 —
31 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX — 55% — — — —
32 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 339 55% 81% / 19% 12% $117,500 —
33 U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA — 83% — — — —
34 U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 139 90% 84% / 16% 3% $100,629 —
35 U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 324 45% 82% / 18% 5% $104,962 —
36 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 89 72% 88% / 12% 1% $101,107 —
37 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 233 59% 77% / 23% 9% $106,759 —
38 U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 133 55% 83% / 17% 5% $93,623 —
39 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL — 35% — — — —
40 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 1,028 72% 80% / 20% 5% $123,869 —
41 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 244 82% 89% / 11% 14% $122,521 —
42 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 517 47% 80% / 20% 13% $133,745 —
43 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 265 75% 82% / 18% 9% $99,867 —
44 Wayne State
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI 159 72% 79% / 21% 3% $109,161 —