UMD CS or UVA CS?

[CL20171]

- UVA CS is $46k/yr
- UMD CS is $43k/yr with Merit.

The cost is not much difference.
Which one is better choice?
Thank you for any input?

[Anonymous]

Where are you from?

Visit both, and whatever feels better

[CL20171]

In VA, just visited UMD yesterday and its CS building.
UVA is the next

[Anonymous]

Do UMD CS vs GT CS instead. Uva for CS not in the same league

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure there's a thread about this already. Student should go where they'll be happiest. Both are good schools.

[Anonymous]

Both are great school. UMD is ranked higher for that major but UVA is ranked higher overall. They could change their mind. Let the, go wherever they want.

[CL20171]

Anonymous wrote:Both are great school. UMD is ranked higher for that major but UVA is ranked higher overall. They could change their mind. Let the, go wherever they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure there's a thread about this already. Student should go where they'll be happiest. Both are good schools.

but one is better than the other for CS, and all rankings for CS indicate as such.

If the OP was asking about another major, I'm pretty sure you and other VA posters would say, "UVA hands down". Right?

Yes, your kid should be happy where they go, but they should also go where the intended major is strongest.

[Anonymous]

Well University of Illinois is ranked higher than Harvard, UMD, Princeton, and GT among others. Going to a school based solely on the ranking of the major seems shortsighted. I would go with overall interest in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well University of Illinois is ranked higher than Harvard, UMD, Princeton, and GT among others. Going to a school based solely on the ranking of the major seems shortsighted. I would go with overall interest in the school.

ha ha. Yea, pick UVA over UMD GATech UIUC for CS. LOL. Please do it. Make room for other kids at those CS focused schools.

There is zero CS ranking where UI is ranked higher than Harvard or GATech. What are you smokin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well University of Illinois is ranked higher than Harvard, UMD, Princeton, and GT among others. Going to a school based solely on the ranking of the major seems shortsighted. I would go with overall interest in the school.

You just can't stand it that UMD > UVA for CS, can you?

[Anonymous]

This begs the question - are the major-specific rankings accurate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This begs the question - are the major-specific rankings accurate?

Are any rankings accurate? Do you believe the rankings that show UVA > UMD but not when the rankings show UMD > UVA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well University of Illinois is ranked higher than Harvard, UMD, Princeton, and GT among others. Going to a school based solely on the ranking of the major seems shortsighted. I would go with overall interest in the school.

ha ha. Yea, pick UVA over UMD GATech UIUC for CS. LOL. Please do it. Make room for other kids at those CS focused schools.

There is zero CS ranking where UI is ranked higher than Harvard or GATech. What are you smokin?

USNWR undergraduate CS ranking:
5. UIUC, Princeton, GATech
12. Harvard
16. UMD
29. UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This begs the question - are the major-specific rankings accurate?

Are any rankings accurate? Do you believe the rankings that show UVA > UMD but not when the rankings show UMD > UVA?

Actually the OP asked the question based on rankings. I answered. If you want to base your decision based solely on major then feel free. I don’t care if you base it on overall rankings, I am pointing out that the rankings are not a sound argument in either direction. It’s merely one data point and for some a pretty meaningless one.