I Analyzed the Top 10 Computer Science Schools...Here’s What I Found.

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College Outcomes (Links):
- Carnegie Mellon University: [www.cmu.edu/career/outcomes/p...](www.cmu.edu/career/outcomes/p...)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: [ir.mit.edu/gss](ir.mit.edu/gss) → Employment page 8
- Stanford University: *
- University of California Berkeley: [career.berkeley.edu/start-exp...](career.berkeley.edu/start-exp...) → L&S Comp Sci
- Cornell University: [www.cs.cornell.edu/undergrad/...](www.cs.cornell.edu/undergrad/...)
- Georgia Institute of Technology: [academiceffectiveness.gatech....](academiceffectiveness.gatech....)
- Princeton University: [tableaupublic.princeton.edu/t...](tableaupublic.princeton.edu/t...)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: [illinisuccess.illinois.edu/fi...](illinisuccess.illinois.edu/fi...) → Grainger College of Engineering, can’t get more specific
- California Institute of Technology: [www.admissions.caltech.edu/wh...](www.admissions.caltech.edu/wh...)
- University of Washington: [careers.uw.edu/outcomes/#!Com... Science & Engineering](careers.uw.edu/outcomes/#!Com...
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[@lh9135]

The alternative to the best American universities in CS and to OxBridge in England are the two Swiss federal schools EPFL/ETHZ in Lausanne and Zurich (World's Top 10 and top 6 in science and technology). These two schools are almost free (1750 USD/year tuition fees) and offer world-class CS training, of which that of EPFL is considered today to be just below that of Stanford. And the European centers of Meta, AWS, Disney research, IBM quantum, Google are located in Switzerland, a very pleasant and very safe country. A foreign student is authorized to work 15 hours per week after 6 months of presence at the rate of 27.16USD/hour! An interesting avenue to consider for a young, adventurous American citizen who cannot afford to pay several hundred thousand dollars in tuition fees for a world-ranked 5 year’s master's degree in CS.

[@francaellerman2276]

Your videos were super helpful when I was writing my Georgia Tech application essay and I ended up getting in! I'm going to Carnegie Mellon for CS next year but I'm still grateful for your videos because they got me excited about college when I was stressed about applications.

[@KyleKeirstead]

Congratulations! Glad the videos could help :)

[@resentfulsidecharacter3713]

What were your stats?

[@tanvi6033]

i am literally debating between CMU and GT for cs rn.. less than 24 hours to decide : )

[@psur4792]

@@tanvi6033 what school did you end up choosing?

[@tanvi6033]

@@psur4792 cmu!

[@mic1240]

Purdue, a top 10 engineering school and the country’s largest STEM enrollment university, has held its tuition since 2011. In many rankings it is top 20 or top 10 in computer science, the first such program in the US. University of Illinois isn’t in Chicago as your map indicates, but Champaign. Many BIG Ten schools have great programs and typically save $$$ vs private schools.

[@user113z]

Georgia tech has many students taking extra years because of coops which are where you work at a company every other semester so it doesn’t cost more and you are actually making money in between schooling semesters.

[@YouranZang]

Hi, your videos about Georgia Tech are really helpful! I'm a freshman and I'm considering transferring to GT next year. My current major is physics, and I want to apply for Electrical Engineering or CS major at GT. I heard that the process is highly competitive, and could you give me any advice on it? Thanks!

[@kyan2000]

Random thoughts: It is not that difficult to transfer from community college to Berkeley CS. It is super difficult for out-of-state applicants to get in Georgia Tech CS, UW CS. It is easier to get into elite CS schools with non-CS majors, and switch to CS later. UIUC doesn't allow internal transfer to CS though. But you can get into UIUC CS + X majors relatively easy.

[@abbasch8031]

Very good information brother. ..I am Abbas form India ..looking for a good university for my son for undergraduate..but no university from texas in your list. .?

[@leealysia9965]

It's quite scary that the graduation rate is only 51% at Tech. I heard similar from a friend whose daughter is there. Do all majors have such low graduation rate? Thank you very much for your videos. They are very good.

[@KyleKeirstead]

Thank you! I'm not sure what the statistics are by major, but I think the important thing to keep in mind specifically with Tech is that only the 4-year graduation rate is low (as opposed to the overall graduation rate). Historically Tech was known for having a lot of people drop out, but that hasn't been the case for a while. A lot of students take time to do internships/co-ops, which means it might take a 5th or 6th year to finish the program. There's also a lot of classes for some majors - if you're not coming in with a lot of credits (from AP/dual-enrollment) and you don't want as demanding of a workload, taking another semester can make things a lot less hectic. I also do know some people who were able to graduate in 3 years (they generally came in with a lot of credits). So, while it is a low statistic especially compared to the other schools in the video, I personally wouldn't worry too much about it, but everyone's circumstances are unique.

[@propertymanager4994]

What do you think about the University of Michigan as CS?

[@KyleKeirstead]

I can't speak to it too much since I didn't research it for this video, but back when I was picking a college in 2017 I was strongly considering it as one of my top schools - my understanding is they have a really strong CS program, but I don't know much about the rest of the school's dynamic.

[@cedricvaz1055]

Hi, the tuition cost is for 1 semester or yearly

[@KyleKeirstead]

Yearly cost (which I'm guessing encompasses fall/spring but not summer)

[@cedricvaz1055]

Thank you very much

[@kylerham1083]

........Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley......

[@lakshya9917]

The dream

[@cheese-power]

Great schools, indeed! Princeton is also on par in my humble opinion.

[@yvanlebron8304]

University of Washington have a 53% am I right?

[@Green58211]

Not for the CS school.