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Computer Science (A&S)

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 88 4% 59% / 41% 11% $173,460 100 100% —
2 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 194 4% 58% / 42% 16% $201,352 100 100% —
3 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 224 4% 66% / 34% 20% $206,318 100 97% —
4 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 508 22% 70% / 30% 4% $131,367 99 94% —
5 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 174 5% 67% / 33% 14% $224,666 100 92% —
6 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 6 5% 67% / 33% 17% $211,994 100 — —
7 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 402 4% 64% / 36% 23% $188,001 100 95% —
8 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 165 3% 72% / 28% 19% $254,314 100 100% —
9 Harvey Mudd
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 54 12% 59% / 41% 26% $220,132 100 98% —
10 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 300 6% 61% / 39% 16% $256,969 100 93% —

LeetCode Grinders

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 766 41% 82% / 18% 34% $119,290 99 96% —
2 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 7 38% 71% / 29% 14% $131,187 99 95% —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 249 5% 63% / 37% 15% $206,495 100 99% —
4 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 137 7% 72% / 28% 20% $154,432 100 90% —
5 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 520 9% 62% / 38% 33% $138,048 99 91% —
6 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 358 17% 72% / 28% 13% $126,013 99 98% —
7 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 54 42% 61% / 39% 57% $114,063 97 — —
8 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA 464 60% 74% / 26% 25% $126,500 99 95% —
9 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 111 66% 79% / 21% 17% $112,687 98 93% —
10 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 591 13% 66% / 34% 6% $157,470 100 96% —

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 136 6% 67% / 33% 24% $183,665 100 98% —
2 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 211 12% 66% / 34% 19% $177,482 100 100% —
3 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 139 9% 68% / 32% 8% $155,091 100 96% —
4 Emory
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 107 10% 70% / 30% 29% $165,093 100 94% —
5 Georgetown
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 55 14% 47% / 53% 13% $155,246 100 100% —
6 William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Williamsburg, VA 141 34% 73% / 27% 6% $143,572 100 100% —

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 Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 440 13% 70% / 30% 26% $128,914 99 98% —
2 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 714 29% 74% / 26% 18% $116,980 99 88% —
3 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 619 20% 77% / 23% 3% $127,629 100 98% —
4 Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ 924 68% 80% / 20% 11% $123,624 99 95% —
5 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN 617 65% 77% / 23% 14% $110,378 98 96% —
6 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 70 83% 67% / 33% 20% $92,540 91 — —
7 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 186 69% 85% / 15% 4% $127,588 100 95% —