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Bree
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What are some good colleges in SoCal for comp sci?
I’m currently in Washington State (Seattle area) and am thinking of going away to Southern California for college. I want to be a software engineer (or at least something in that field) and am looking to get a comp science degree.
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Vamshee Gunturu
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Chandler, Arizona
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Vamshee’s Answer
The following schools in CA offer good programs in Software engineering and cheaper if you are CA resident.
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
This website provides rankings and tools to compare the universities by major.
find the top 10 schools for Computer Science Engineering..
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science-overall?study=Computer+and+Information+Sciences+and+Support+Services&_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc
Look into colleges in SCal and find out the prerequisites for the computer science major and see which ones are within your reach based on your credentials... have a good Statement of Purpose, over all good student profile will help you increase your chances of getting admission.
Considering Cost of tuition, cost of living will help you decide which one works best for you.
Going to instate colleges are cost effective if its an option for you.
Good Luck
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
This website provides rankings and tools to compare the universities by major.
find the top 10 schools for Computer Science Engineering..
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science-overall?study=Computer+and+Information+Sciences+and+Support+Services&_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc
Look into colleges in SCal and find out the prerequisites for the computer science major and see which ones are within your reach based on your credentials... have a good Statement of Purpose, over all good student profile will help you increase your chances of getting admission.
Considering Cost of tuition, cost of living will help you decide which one works best for you.
Going to instate colleges are cost effective if its an option for you.
Good Luck
Ramesh Narayanaswamy
Computer Scientist
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Palo Alto, California
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Ramesh’s Answer
If cost of tuition is not an issue then Vamshee's search suggestion will give you the range of options. I would say that it is more cost effective to stay instate for an Undergraduate degree and go out of state for work and/or grad school. You have great options in Washington state.
There are some California colleges that charge students from western states lower tuition. You can use this site to check on options - https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/wue-savings-finder/?state=California°reetypes=Bachelor%27s&studentStatus=Freshmen+Only&majors=Computational+Science%2CComputer+Science%2CComputer+Software+Engineering .
This site offers a ranking of CS programs, you can select sub areas to rank etc. - https://csrankings.org/#/fromyear/2012/toyear/2022/index?all&us .
There are some California colleges that charge students from western states lower tuition. You can use this site to check on options - https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/wue-savings-finder/?state=California°reetypes=Bachelor%27s&studentStatus=Freshmen+Only&majors=Computational+Science%2CComputer+Science%2CComputer+Software+Engineering .
This site offers a ranking of CS programs, you can select sub areas to rank etc. - https://csrankings.org/#/fromyear/2012/toyear/2022/index?all&us .