It didn't help that the campus is surrounded by a SoCal planned community, where you can literally be ticketed for leaving your garage door open or painting your house the wrong color—much more depressing than corn fields. 80k over a lifetime is not much (assuming you can afford it). For general comparison, jus look at the usnews rankings lol: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings. in Statistics & Computer Science Students must complete at least 120 total hours and the following university, college and department requirements. Most students who pursue computer science do so for one simple reason: to prepare for a career in computer science. I was recently admitted to both Purdue and UIUC for Computer Science. Several of my high school friends went to schools in the UC system (that weren’t Berkeley or LA). The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is the flagship state school of Illinois, the fifth-most populous state of the United States. It seems that everyone in this school wants to have their degree somehow related to CS. Hopefully things have gotten better now that they actually have undergraduate dorms, but when I was there, UCI was completely dead by 4:00 every afternoon, and even earlier on Fridays. Don’t just look at ranking. UCI is much more of a commuter school than Illinois. Here is a list of the top 50 CS programs in the US. I am not sure about the diversified part. Prob w exceptions of cmu, stanford, and mit. A GPA of 3.25 is required for Distinction, 3.5 for High Distinction, and 3.75 for Highest Distinction. This subreddit is not sponsored or endorsed by the University of Illinois or any other on-campus group. The big 3 (Citadel, HRT, JS) don't even recruit at Purdue whereas UIUC is a target school for their campus recruiting departments. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. ICICS/CS Building 201-2366 Main Mall. With an Illinois CS degree, you're likely to be making ≥$120K/year right after graduation anyway—that's where the average salaries are heading in four years—so you'll be able to pay off the extra debt pretty fast. This subreddit is for anyone/anything related to UIUC. The Bachelor of Science with a Major in Mathematics and Computer Science is designed for students who seek careers in computer science and/or computer related fields requiring a strong mathematical background. Contact Us. For more complete information about college and university requirements, please consult the LAS guidelines here. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Departmental distinction: To graduate with distinction requires a specified minimum grade point average in all Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics courses listed below. I’ll let others go into details, but in short, Purdue is a good university for CS, UIUC is elite for CS. I think those things make it well worth the money. Department Directory. UIUC definitely has a much better CS department and you’ll almost certainly have a much better “traditional” college feel and experience compared to UCI. Many students and parents rely on computer science rankingsto help them decide which schools to apply to. Computer Science is part of the Faculty of Mathematics, which means that we have a lot of specialized resources and events for Math students. I’m pretty confident that there’s not many schools that can offer CS courses that are so diversified. If this were my choice, I'd choose Illinois in a heartbeat, not because of the better professional opportunities, and god knows not because of the weather, but because of the difference in campus culture. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed.

IMO, a degree in Statistics (which is rarer) can separate you from those with degrees in Computer Science (which is more common).

There is a lot of crossover between the two degrees.