Best for computer engineering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is interested in computer engineering. It consumes all his spare time as he is building / coding / inventing constantly. His dream school is Stanford as he wants to be in Silicon Valley, but he knows it's an extreme long shot. Being in the state of VA, VT is an obvious choice. Should he even bother looking anywhere else?

One thing is to try to figure out how your DS would really compare with the kids in the CS program.

If he's just a great, bright, hard-working kid, not a prodigy, he might be better off at a serious but mellow, less prestigious school than at a top school that likes to weed kids out.

[Anonymous]

UMD CP

[Anonymous]

This is ranked in USNews. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/computer-engineering-rankings

It has the usual suspects: MIT, Berkeley, CMU, GT, Illinois, Purdue, Caltech, Texas, Michigan, Washington, Cornell . . .

In Virginia, I imagine VT is ranked highest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ranked in USNews. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/computer-engineering-rankings

It has the usual suspects: MIT, Berkeley, CMU, GT, Illinois, Purdue, Caltech, Texas, Michigan, Washington, Cornell . . .

In Virginia, I imagine VT is ranked highest.

IMO it’s not worth paying OOS for most of those schools. MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech, yes, others, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of jobs does computer engineer work in? DS interested in AI - should he look into computer science or computer engineering?

AI is typically more CS. If your son has any interest in both software and hardware then Computer Eng would be better.

Can someone explain the difference between computer science and computer engineering? The main difference I know is computer engineering comes under traditional engineering programs so their foundational training lies in engineering. What is the significance of this background and the difference between the two fields?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ranked in USNews. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/computer-engineering-rankings

It has the usual suspects: MIT, Berkeley, CMU, GT, Illinois, Purdue, Caltech, Texas, Michigan, Washington, Cornell . . .

In Virginia, I imagine VT is ranked highest.

IMO it’s not worth paying OOS for most of those schools. MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech, yes, others, no.

Just as a point of reference for other readers, in-state vs out-of-state is not relevant to the cost of private universities (e.g. CMU, Cornell)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern McCormick school

That would be Northwestern McCormick Scool of Computer Science and Engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of jobs does computer engineer work in? DS interested in AI - should he look into computer science or computer engineering?

AI is typically more CS. If your son has any interest in both software and hardware then Computer Eng would be better.

Can someone explain the difference between computer science and computer engineering? The main difference I know is computer engineering comes under traditional engineering programs so their foundational training lies in engineering. What is the significance of this background and the difference between the two fields?

Computer engineering covers the hardware, which includes all there is about the circuits and the chips - more like electrical engineering with a computer focus. The students will have taken more chem and physics than is required of a computer science major. Computer science is largely about the software, theory and mathematics.

[Anonymous]

How about UPitt for CS?