Top 10 Public Colleges in the US

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What are the best public universities for computer science and engineering?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is more prestigious and better than 99% of private universities

LOL. Hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

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So this is the contest for king crap of turd mountain ?

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Anonymous wrote:So this is the contest for king crap of turd mountain ?

Weird post.

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Anonymous wrote:What are the best public universities for computer science and engineering?

UCB

GA Tech

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Anonymous wrote:So this is the contest for king crap of turd mountain ?

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Anonymous wrote:What are the best public universities for computer science and engineering?

UCB

GA Tech

The best CS programs are mostly public with the exception of Stanford, MIT, CMU, and Cornell.

Top Publics:
UCB
UIUC
GT
U Wash (uDub)

Next:
UCSD
UMich
UCLA

Then:
Purdue
UT
Wisconsin

Dark Horse:
Cal Poly SLO

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The above list is strictly for CS. For computer engineering

Berkeley
Georgia Tech
Texas
Michigan
Illinois
Purdue
Washington

7 of the top 10 are publics

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the best public universities for computer science and engineering?

UCB

GA Tech

The best CS programs are mostly public with the exception of Stanford, MIT, CMU, and Cornell.

Top Publics:
UCB
UIUC
GT
U Wash (uDub)

Next:
UCSD
UMich
UCLA

Then:
Purdue
UT
Wisconsin

Dark Horse:
Cal Poly SLO

I agree with your main point about how good publics are in this field. I think the field is particularly results/capabilities driven and not prestige-driven, so exact rankings matter little. There are even more highly regarded publics than you list, included on other ranking systems like CS rankings.org- UMD (#10), Umass (#18), UCLA (#21), and Rutgers (#23). So many great public options.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

Lets look at the original statement

There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

W&M is not more rigorous than Berkeley. Top students at Berkeley can take classes that don't even exist at W&M.

Higher quality? You could argue that, due to smaller classes and more accessible professors. Or you could argue against that, considering the professors at Berkeley are Nobel laureates and world-renowned, and the professors at W&M are very much not that and are under-paid if anything.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

Lets look at the original statement

There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

W&M is not more rigorous than Berkeley. Top students at Berkeley can take classes that don't even exist at W&M.

Higher quality? You could argue that, due to smaller classes and more accessible professors. Or you could argue against that, considering the professors at Berkeley are Nobel laureates and world-renowned, and the professors at W&M are very much not that and are under-paid if anything.

Oh lord that one Berkeley booster is back…you’re public school isn’t that special, UMich, UCLA, UVA, and Georgia Tech are all in its tier. Sorry that you have to realize that not everyone thinks Berkeley is the greatest things since canned bread.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

Lets look at the original statement

There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

W&M is not more rigorous than Berkeley. Top students at Berkeley can take classes that don't even exist at W&M.

Higher quality? You could argue that, due to smaller classes and more accessible professors. Or you could argue against that, considering the professors at Berkeley are Nobel laureates and world-renowned, and the professors at W&M are very much not that and are under-paid if anything.

rude statement.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

Lets look at the original statement

There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

W&M is not more rigorous than Berkeley. Top students at Berkeley can take classes that don't even exist at W&M.

Higher quality? You could argue that, due to smaller classes and more accessible professors. Or you could argue against that, considering the professors at Berkeley are Nobel laureates and world-renowned, and the professors at W&M are very much not that and are under-paid if anything.

Oh lord that one Berkeley booster is back…you’re public school isn’t that special, UMich, UCLA, UVA, and Georgia Tech are all in its tier. Sorry that you have to realize that not everyone thinks Berkeley is the greatest things since canned bread.

Way to sneak Georgia Tech in there.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

Perhaps for liberal arts, but definitely not for natural sciences or even social sciences. Berkeley, UNC, and Michigan outdo's the Virginia publics by far.

Liberal arts includes natural sciences and social sciences.

+1 W&M has top-notch undergraduate teaching in liberal arts and sciences. With only 6000 undergrads and a tiny handful of grad programs, it's not going to compare with top-tier research 1 universities in terms of research productivity etc., but there's no public school like it for quality of undergrad academics. Each year, we regularly employ 20-30 interns/recent grads from many different colleges (in the region and throughout the US) and W&M students--in the social and natural sciences-- are reliably among the very strongest--especially in research/data analysis/writing. I'm angling for my kids to apply there.

Lets look at the original statement

There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

W&M is not more rigorous than Berkeley. Top students at Berkeley can take classes that don't even exist at W&M.

Higher quality? You could argue that, due to smaller classes and more accessible professors. Or you could argue against that, considering the professors at Berkeley are Nobel laureates and world-renowned, and the professors at W&M are very much not that and are under-paid if anything.

Oh lord that one Berkeley booster is back…you’re public school isn’t that special, UMich, UCLA, UVA, and Georgia Tech are all in its tier. Sorry that you have to realize that not everyone thinks Berkeley is the greatest things since canned bread.

np - PP sounds like a jerk but his/her points are not invalid. Just do wiki on UCB and compare with any of the schools you listed.