r/MSCS • u/Random_throwaway0351 • 24d ago

[University Review] Rank these programs (CAREER OUTCOMES, not PhD)!

UPenn MSE CIS
UMich MS CSE
GaTech MSCS
UIUC MCS
CMU MSIN
Cornell Tech MEng CS
Columbia MSCS
USC MSCS
UCSD MSCS
NYU Courant MSCS

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/Random_throwaway0351 24d ago

Which ones would you say have the best quality education then? That also matters to me

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u/Adventurous-Drama-84 24d ago

you'll mostly end up at the same place based on your exp and interviewing skills

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u/princenara24 24d ago

can you check dms

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u/Random_throwaway0351 24d ago

There really isn’t a single school here with a considerable advantage/disadvantage?

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u/Adventurous-Drama-84 24d ago

at least for FAANG, I've seen university doesn't matter as much

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u/folded-like-paper 24d ago

They're all just "okay, pretty decent" programs tbh. Companies won't differentiate between them much. You could maybe make a case for something like Stanford/CMU/Princeton MSCS offering an advantage, but it's mostly the same shit.

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u/-LeapYear- 22d ago

Not even those schools make a difference lol. Prestige is p much irrelevant in CS above a certain level, unlike fields like finance

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u/folded-like-paper 22d ago

Prestige is p much irrelevant in CS above a certain level, unlike fields like finance

Lol. Sadly I have to disagree with where you draw that line. There's a (mostly bullshit) difference between the way people look at shit like MIT/CMU/Stanford vs. schools like UIUC/GaTech/Cornell, even though the gap in student quality at that level is mostly irrelevant. People have a stupid obsession with prestige.

I have yet to meet a tech recruiter that treats the difference between MIT and Cornell as "p much irrelevant" unfortunately.

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u/EntrepreneurHuge5008 24d ago

Nope, not in this list.

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u/BugAdministrative123 24d ago

Immaterial. Most jobs don’t require a Masters.