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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 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 1,288 11% 74% / 26% 17% $204,418 —
2 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 341 4% 69% / 31% 14% $256,435 —
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 362 5% 57% / 43% 12% $203,763 —
4 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 218 11% 54% / 46% 26% $256,767 —
5 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 361 43% 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 University
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 487 7% 62% / 38% 15% $202,825 —
2 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 1,206 15% 76% / 24% 16% $178,889 —
3 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 532 50% 79% / 21% 21% $162,549 —
4 University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 352 9% 81% / 19% 14% — —
5 University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 415 24% 80% / 20% 20% $204,258 —
6 University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 948 42% 78% / 22% 6% — —
7 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 1,135 15% 76% / 24% 22% $163,082 —
8 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 388 9% 66% / 34% 22% $169,116 —
9 University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 518 25% 71% / 29% 7% $136,532 —
10 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 515 44% 68% / 32% 12% $148,731 —
11 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 665 43% 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 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 96 3% 55% / 45% 14% — —
2 Columbia University
New York, NY
New York, NY 408 4% 63% / 37% 23% $213,398 —
3 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 184 3% 65% / 35% 15% $203,287 —
4 Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
Claremont, CA 37 9% 41% / 59% 5% $194,871 —
5 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 213 4% 61% / 39% 11% $201,835 —
6 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 178 5% 76% / 24% 17% $191,279 —
7 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 240 4% 66% / 34% 18% $247,162 —
8 Yale University
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 139 4% 73% / 27% 12% $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 University
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 University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 632 5% 73% / 27% 10% $138,081 —
5 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 237 52% 85% / 15% 13% $144,095 —
6 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 338 55% 83% / 17% 7% $133,026 —
7 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken, NJ 196 28% 78% / 22% 4% $127,725 —
8 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY 151 33% 65% / 35% 48% — —
9 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
Worcester, MA 231 45% 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 University
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 243 5% 64% / 36% 16% $268,912 —
2 Duke University
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 275 5% 61% / 39% 13% $214,730 —
3 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 138 5% 64% / 36% 23% $169,563 —
4 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 532 8% 69% / 31% 38% $160,239 —
5 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 120 7% 77% / 23% 17% $157,714 —
6 Rice University
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 163 8% 73% / 27% 16% $220,209 —
7 Tufts University
Medford, MA
Medford, MA 177 10% 59% / 41% 19% $156,117 —
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 334 16% 65% / 35% 10% $132,954 —
9 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 337 13% 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 University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 328 13% 72% / 28% 34% $145,497 —
2 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 250 35% 86% / 14% 8% $136,368 —
3 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Hanover, NH 103 5% 75% / 25% 12% $183,665 —
4 Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 73 11% 73% / 27% 27% $171,756 —
5 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 40 9% 63% / 38% 5% $146,323 —
6 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 174 9% 64% / 36% 4% $162,180 —
7 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 72 17% 75% / 25% 18% $97,838 —
8 Vanderbilt University
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 28% 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 University
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 821 88% 84% / 16% 21% $121,625 —
2 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 383 75% 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 College
New York, NY
New York, NY 84 42% 79% / 21% 12% $97,960 —
5 Florida International University
Miami, FL
Miami, FL 646 42% 79% / 21% 4% $96,106 —
6 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 237 23% 75% / 25% 7% $84,452 —
7 George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Fairfax, VA 378 72% 80% / 20% 7% $129,012 —
8 George Washington University
Washington, DC
Washington, DC 57 28% 67% / 33% 5% $112,089 —
9 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 400 58% 72% / 28% 11% $108,401 —
10 Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN 196 72% 85% / 15% 11% $119,302 —
11 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 296 85% 84% / 16% 11% $123,653 —
12 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 155 72% 83% / 17% 5% $97,969 —
13 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 426 65% 79% / 21% 14% $112,276 —
14 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 373 40% 80% / 20% 5% $118,495 —
15 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 416 53% 84% / 16% 8% $116,035 —
16 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 977 75% 80% / 20% 4% $104,671 —
17 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 427 55% 65% / 35% 19% $109,343 —
18 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, NY 83 35% 77% / 23% 22% — —
19 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 143 55% 85% / 15% 4% $106,900 —
20 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 407 47% 83% / 17% 3% — —
21 Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX 164 55% 86% / 14% 10% $109,615 —
22 University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 401 37% 80% / 20% 17% $126,960 —
23 University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 645 21% 78% / 22% 16% $116,096 —
24 University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 301 66% 84% / 16% 10% — —
25 University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 168 26% 80% / 20% 13% $128,748 —
26 University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 653 47% 81% / 19% 7% $107,016 —
27 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 501 25% 82% / 18% 4% $86,307 —
28 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH 188 72% 82% / 18% 14% $99,284 —
29 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 195 49% 87% / 13% 8% $123,146 —
30 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 469 23% 74% / 26% 3% $123,170 —
31 University of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 430 55% 78% / 22% 7% $109,233 —
32 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 339 55% 81% / 19% 12% $117,500 —
33 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA 82 83% 83% / 17% 5% — —
34 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 139 90% 84% / 16% 3% $100,629 —
35 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 324 45% 82% / 18% 5% $104,962 —
36 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 89 72% 88% / 12% 1% $101,107 —
37 University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 233 45% 77% / 23% 9% $106,759 —
38 University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC 133 55% 83% / 17% 5% $93,623 —
39 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 218 35% 79% / 21% 35% $88,200 —
40 University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX 1,028 72% 80% / 20% 5% $123,869 —
41 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 263 82% 89% / 11% 13% $122,521 —
42 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 517 42% 80% / 20% 13% $133,745 —
43 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 265 75% 82% / 18% 9% $99,867 —
44 Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI 159 72% 79% / 21% 3% $109,161 —