Brandeis is mid. Lots and Lots of other choices. I definitely would not pay full freight at that school.

USC if likes West coast
Northeastern if likes East coast

Not at that sticker price.

It would be dumb to pass over UCLA

Brandeis is cutting faculty positions to plug a budget shortfall. Some programs are on hiatus like doctorate in music.

I really think that for CS once you get past the very obvious schools I would just choose on other factors. My kid is going to a SLAC not particularly known for CS, planning to major in CS, but also really likes art and language. If she’s a decent coder, she’ll get a job. I’d like her to go to grad school first anyway.

Anonymous wrote:maryland is better than all of the listed schools for CS.

+1

Beware of how statistics might be manipulated. Brandeis has <100 students graduating as CS majors, so one big payout might skew results. Its CS faculty look credible (though many are computational linguistics rather than straight-up CS) but I’ve never heard CS and Brandeis in same sentence at DC’s math+CS-focused magnet.

Brandies is a good school with decent name recognition. Decide based on fit.

Anonymous wrote:What about Brandeis CS vs. VTech Business IT degree? Does the CS degree outweigh?

Very different school environments. I think fit should be the priority in this analysis.

How reliable is payscale? Regardless of COL differences, I would never in a million years have guessed Brandeis CS would rank #11 in terms of $$$s after 10 years.

It is a head scratcher.

Anonymous wrote:Skip. Much better schools in Boston area. What about MIT?

Please read before answering next time.

Anonymous wrote:No. UCLA or UVA any day over Brandeis

+1 all day every day.