Top 10 Bachelor of Computer Science Degree Programs

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Key Infor­ma­tion:

  • MIT has the #1 top com­put­er sci­ence bach­e­lor’s degree pro­gram.
  • Grad­u­ates are well-pre­pared for diverse roles in tech­nol­o­gy sec­tors, includ­ing soft­ware devel­op­ment, sys­tems analy­sis, and data man­age­ment.
  • Many pro­grams offer spe­cial­iza­tions in fields like arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, cyber­se­cu­ri­ty, and soft­ware engi­neer­ing, allow­ing stu­dents to tai­lor their edu­ca­tion to spe­cif­ic career paths.

Find­ing the best under­grad­u­ate com­put­er sci­ence col­leges to meet your finan­cial, edu­ca­tion­al, and pro­fes­sion­al goals is not easy. So we’re here to help. We select­ed the fol­low­ing Top 10 Bach­e­lor in Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams to ensure your time pur­su­ing a top com­put­er sci­ence pro­gram is aligned with your pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al aspirations.

To begin our selec­tion process, we chose only schools high­ly regard­ed by author­i­ties on careers, edu­ca­tion, and gov­ern­ment. Then we con­sid­ered how each degree ranked in terms of qual­i­ty of aca­d­e­mics, rep­u­ta­tion, cost, time invest­ment, and reten­tion rates. Then we incor­po­rat­ed how each school was accred­it­ed by region­al and nation­al accred­it­ing bod­ies. We also deferred to rank­ings from estab­lish­ments like the U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, and oth­ers. Final­ly, we referred to the Nation­al Cen­ter for Edu­ca­tion Sta­tis­tics for the most recent data on enroll­ment, tuition, mis­sion, val­ues, and oth­er details regard­ing each insti­tu­tion. Then we focused on the big issues all stu­dents must face: finan­cial aid, intern­ship and work expe­ri­ence oppor­tu­ni­ties, and avail­abil­i­ty of specializations/concentrations. That brought us the best com­put­er sci­ence pro­grams in the US.

Methodology: Ranking the Best Undergraduate Computer Science Schools

We did all of this to ensure only the best com­put­er sci­ence schools in the world made our list for the fol­low­ing top 10 schools for com­put­er science:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

His­toric Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts is home to one of the world’s most high­ly regard­ed cam­pus­es: the Mass­a­chu­setts Insti­tute of Technology.

This pri­vate, 168-acre cam­pus was estab­lished in 1861 with the mis­sion to advance knowl­edge and serve nation­al and glob­al com­mu­ni­ties in sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, and oth­er areas of edu­ca­tion. MIT’s School of Engi­neer­ing is ranked the Best Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ty in the World accord­ing to the QS World Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ings and the Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­ver­si­ties. Addi­tion­al­ly, the U.S. World and News Report’s #1 Rat­ed Best Under­grad­u­ate Engi­neer­ing Pro­gram in Com­put­er Sci­ence because it stands out for both the­o­ry and practice.

The Bach­e­lor in Com­put­er Sci­ence pro­gram pro­vides fun­da­men­tal and advanced knowl­edge of com­put­er sys­tems, pro­gram­ming, dis­crete math­e­mat­ics, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, and com­put­er sci­ence to give stu­dents a secure under­stand­ing of com­put­er sci­ence con­cepts and tech­nol­o­gy. This pro­gram not only cov­ers the essen­tial back­ground knowl­edge of com­put­er sci­ence but also includes the MIT Gen­er­al Insti­tute Require­ments that instill broad edu­ca­tion in social, phys­i­cal, and nat­ur­al sci­ences as well as art and humanities.

Stu­dents at MIT learn how to engage and apply com­put­er sci­ence con­cepts and Gen­er­al Insti­tute Require­ment the­o­ries with­in hands-on expe­ri­ences and activ­i­ties with­in inte­grat­ed envi­ron­ments and under­grad­u­ate projects.

Addi­tion­al­ly, stu­dents may spe­cial­ize in train­ing upon com­ple­tion of gen­er­al stud­ies to refine their skills, edu­ca­tion, and expe­ri­ence as they advance to high­er degrees. This and all pro­grams offered by MIT’s School of Engi­neer­ing are accred­it­ed by the Accred­i­ta­tion Board For Engi­neer­ing and Technology.

Tuition: $46,704 per year

Learn more about the Mass­a­chu­setts Insti­tute of Technology’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

2. Harvard University

Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty is of the most well-known, pres­ti­gious Ivy League col­leges in the north­east locat­ed in his­toric Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts. Since 1636, its 5,076-acre cam­pus has been influ­enc­ing the world’s great­est minds of all time with its ded­i­ca­tion to truth, cul­ture, research, aca­d­e­mics, and knowl­edge. The University’s library is not only the old­est with­in the U.S., but the largest pri­vate col­lec­tion in the entire world.

Harvard’s John A. Paul­son School of Engi­neer­ing and Applied Sci­ences con­fers bach­e­lor degree pro­grams in com­put­er sci­ence based not only on his­to­ry but the lead­ing the fron­tier of the field not only devel­op­ing but also using inno­v­a­tive tech­nol­o­gy and tools. The com­put­er sci­ence pro­grams at Har­vard cov­er more than just the basics like the­o­ry, graph­ics, pro­gram­ming, soft­ware, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, par­al­lel and dis­trib­uted net­works but also the study of infor­ma­tion itself.

Stu­dents acquire refined method­i­cal think­ing and prob­lem skills while test­ing their research and apply­ing their knowl­edge from inter­re­lat­ed fields like biol­o­gy, med­i­cine, busi­ness, elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing, chem­istry, and physics. All com­put­er sci­ence (and oth­er pro­grams) at Har­vard require stu­dents to par­tic­i­pate in hands-on, “immer­sive” expe­ri­ences based upon their area of interest.

Stu­dents may also elect to spe­cial­ize stud­ies in com­put­er sci­ence as a sec­ondary field if pur­su­ing a degree with­in a dif­fer­ent major. As the lead­ing world­wide #1 ranked insti­tu­tion by The World Rep­u­ta­tion Rank­ings, The Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ing By Aca­d­e­m­ic Report, and The Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­ver­si­ties, as well as the #2 Nation­al School by the U.S. News and World Report and Prince­ton Review’s “Dream Col­lege”, Har­vard is our top choice for more than just com­put­er science.

Tuition: $45,278 per year

Learn more about Har­vard University’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

3. California Institute of Technology

The Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy is bet­ter known as Cal­tech for one rea­son: a 125-year tra­di­tion of lead­ing the fron­tier of sci­ence, engi­neer­ing, and tech­nol­o­gy. Locat­ed in Pasade­na, Cal­i­for­nia on a 124-acre cam­pus, Cal­tech is a pri­vate, doc­tor­ate-grant­i­ng, research uni­ver­si­ty known best for its mis­sion to expand knowl­edge and improve soci­ety for all. As Stu­dents must have strong aca­d­e­mics to even be con­sid­ered for the rig­or­ous pro­grams with­in its Com­put­ing + Math­e­mat­i­cal Sci­ences program.

Cal­tech not only offers com­put­er sci­ence as a major but also a minor. Both options require stu­dents to under­stand the com­plex inter­work­ings of the field with cours­es includ­ing pro­gram­ming prin­ci­ples, dis­trib­uted sys­tems, net­work­ing, graph­ics, robot­ics, machine learn­ing, data­bas­es, and algo­rithms. Stu­dents may par­tic­i­pate in the Meet­ing of the Minds event, SURF (Sum­mer Under­grad­u­ate Research Fel­low­ships) pro­gram, and a cap­stone project to gain research oppor­tu­ni­ties and real-world, hands-on experiences.

All pro­grams avail­able at Cal­tech are accred­it­ed by the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Uni­ver­si­ties ensur­ing excel­lence in both its research and edu­ca­tion pro­grams. List­ed as Payscale’s #1 Best Val­ue Pri­vate Col­lege, the Prince­ton Review’s first choice among Col­leges That Pay You Back With­out Aid, the U.S. News and World Report’s #7 Best Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ties, and Times High­er Education’s #2 Engi­neer­ing and Tech­nol­o­gy sub­ject rank­ing, Cal­tech is often the first choice for many as they com­plete under­grad­u­ate stud­ies in com­put­er science.

Tuition: $45,309 per year

Learn more about the Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of Technology’s Bach­e­lor in Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

4. Stanford University

Offi­cial­ly known as Leland Stan­ford Junior Uni­ver­si­ty, the 8,1880 acre pri­vate and most pres­ti­gious Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty in Cal­i­for­nia is one of the lead­ing research facil­i­ties world­wide. For 125 years, Stan­ford has offered degrees based upon its long­stand­ing his­to­ry as pio­neers com­mit­ted to excel­lence, free­dom, and research.

With a ded­i­ca­tion to “qual­i­fy stu­dents for per­son­al suc­cess and direct use­ful­ness in life and pro­mote the pub­lic wel­fare by exer­cis­ing an influ­ence on behalf of human­i­ty and civ­i­liza­tion,” Stanford’s inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach, schol­ar­ship, and entre­pre­neur­ship con­tin­ue to edu­cate tomorrow’s lead­ers. As Forbes’ #1 choice in America’s Best Col­leges, MONEY’s Best Val­ue #1 Best Col­lege, US News, and World Report’s #4th Best Nation­al Col­lege, Prince­ton Review’s #1 “Dream” Col­lege and the Times High­er Education’s #3 ranked Best Rep­u­ta­tion Rank­ing out of 1,700 oth­er schools in the world, Stan­ford is one of the best places to get an under­grad­u­ate degree in Com­put­er Sci­ence. After all, US News and World Report has includ­ed this school as its #2 choice among its Best Under­grad­u­ate Engi­neer­ing in Com­put­er Sci­ence Pro­grams list.

Stu­dents with­in Stanford’s com­put­er sci­ence pro­grams have the unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn with­in both gen­er­al and spe­cial­ized stud­ies com­bin­ing engi­neer­ing, sci­ence, math, med­i­cine, and the human­i­ties. Stu­dents can con­form their degree to suit not only their inter­ests but also their aspi­ra­tions by com­plet­ing 2–4 elec­tives in addi­tion to their com­put­er sci­ence track.

Tuition: $46,320 per year

Learn more about Stanford’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degrees Pro­grams here.

5. Princeton University

Found­ed in 1746, Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty is the fourth old­est col­lege with­in the U.S. locat­ed on a 600-acre cam­pus in the heart of Prince­ton, New Jer­sey just miles from Philadel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia, and New York City. As a pri­vate Ivy League insti­tu­tion, its mis­sion to pair major research with lib­er­al arts with­in a stu­dent-cen­tered intel­lec­tu­al envi­ron­ment is unique, flex­i­ble, and focused. With a dynam­ic com­pu­ta­tion­al think­ing empha­sis, the com­put­er sci­ence bach­e­lor degree pro­grams at Prince­ton give stu­dents access to a well-round­ed, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary edu­ca­tion based on inde­pen­dent study and lec­tures. Stu­dent-ini­ti­at­ed sem­i­nars pro­vide a dis­play of the­o­ret­i­cal knowl­edge while gain­ing hands-on expe­ri­ence. Cours­es cov­er gen­er­al foun­da­tions like func­tion­al pro­gram­ming, algo­rithms and data struc­ture, oper­at­ing sys­tems, com­put­er archi­tec­ture and orga­ni­za­tion, and the­o­ry of com­pu­ta­tion as well as advanced top­ics like dis­trib­uted sys­tems, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, advanced com­put­er graph­ics, infor­ma­tion secu­ri­ty, advanced com­put­er net­works, auto­mat­ed rea­son­ing about soft­ware, and advanced algo­rithm design.

List­ed as #1 in Forbes’ America’s Top Col­leges rank­ing, #1 Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty and #1 Best Under­grad­u­ate Teach­ing by the U.S. News and World Report, #5 in Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­ver­si­ties, and Kiplinger’s #3 choice out of the 100 Best Val­ues in Pri­vate Col­leges, Prince­ton is high­ly laud­ed among the best uni­ver­si­ties in the world.

Tuition: $43,450 per year

Learn more about Prince­ton University’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

6. University of California, Berkeley

Since 1868, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley has been award­ing degrees from its 1, 232-acre cam­pus in Berke­ley, Cal­i­for­nia. As the old­est of ten cam­pus­es mak­ing up the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia high­er edu­ca­tion sys­tem, its found­ing mis­sion to “con­tribute even more than California’s gold to the glo­ry and hap­pi­ness of advanc­ing gen­er­a­tions” holds true today. As a world-class research facil­i­ty, Cal (as the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley is com­mon­ly named) instills edu­ca­tion­al democ­ra­cy, lead­er­ship, and choice to all of its stu­dents by encour­ag­ing them to cre­ate their aca­d­e­m­ic and per­son­al paths.

The unique atmos­phere at Cal Berke­ly allows for under­grads to par­tic­i­pate in research even as soon as fresh­man year through the Big Ideas Ini­tia­tive and Under­grad­u­ate Research Appren­tice Pro­gram. All stu­dents may declare dou­ble or even triple majors. Those seek­ing a bach­e­lor degree in com­put­er sci­ence have two options either to com­plete their stud­ies through the com­pet­i­tive Col­lege of Engi­neer­ing and Com­put­er Sci­ences for their engi­neer­ing spe­cif­ic Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence Degree in Com­put­er Sci­ence or gain a sol­id sci­ences and arts foun­da­tion through the Col­lege of Let­ters and Sci­ence for their Bach­e­lor of Arts Degree in Com­put­er Sci­ence. Com­put­er sci­ence pro­grams with­in both degree options at Cal include cours­es like the the­o­ry of com­pu­ta­tion, oper­at­ing sys­tems, com­pil­ers, archi­tec­ture and log­ic design of com­put­ers, pro­gram­ming lan­guages, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, data­bas­es, sci­en­tif­ic com­pu­ta­tion. All cours­es are geared toward giv­ing stu­dents the skills need­ed to qual­i­fy as expert lead­ers and researchers in the tech­ni­cal indus­try. Cal is emerg­ing as a world leader among uni­ver­si­ties. As 13th on Times High­er Edu­ca­tion World Uni­ver­si­ty Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ings and 6th for the Times High­er Edu­ca­tion World Uni­ver­si­ty Rep­u­ta­tion Rank­ing, as well as 3rd in Best Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ings and #1 as Best Pub­lic School by the U.S. News and World Report, Berke­ley is a great choice for tomorrow’s com­put­er sci­ence professionals.

Tuition: $13,432 in-state, $38,140 out-of-state

Learn more about the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia — Berkeley’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

7. Columbia University

Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in 1754 as one of the old­est pri­vate insti­tu­tions of high­er learn­ing. Columbia’s proven lega­cy as the fifth old­est uni­ver­si­ty with­in the U.S. instills social respon­si­bil­i­ty, entre­pre­neur­ship, lead­er­ship, and inno­va­tion to all of its students.

The found­ing mis­sion to pro­vide a lib­er­al arts-based inter­dis­ci­pli­nary edu­ca­tion with sol­id fun­da­men­tals in art, sci­ence, music, lit­er­a­ture, his­to­ry, and phi­los­o­phy is still true today. The small Morn­ing­side Heights Man­hat­tan-based cam­pus is just 36 acres but hous­es three under­grad­u­ate schools, the But­ler Library, sev­er­al hous­ing and learn­ing facil­i­ties, and his­toric landmarks.

All degree pro­grams at Colum­bia require intern­ships, civic engage­ment, and broad­ly inte­grat­ed cur­ricu­lums. The under­grad­u­ate Bach­e­lor Degree Pro­grams in Com­put­er Sci­ence avail­able through the FU Foun­da­tion School of Engi­neer­ing and Applied Sci­ences blends the­o­ret­i­cal as well applied devel­op­ment of core con­cepts with upper-lev­el spe­cial­ized knowl­edge. Gen­er­al cours­es include pro­gram­ming lan­guages, math­e­mat­ics, oper­at­ing sys­tems, and com­put­er archi­tec­ture while upper-lev­el cours­es include com­pu­ta­tion­al com­plex­i­ty, analy­sis of algo­rithms, com­bi­na­to­r­i­al meth­ods, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, nat­ur­al lan­guage pro­cess­ing, math­e­mat­i­cal mod­els for com­pu­ta­tion, pro­gram­ming envi­ron­ments, and opti­miza­tion. Com­put­er sci­ence majors may pur­sue a sec­ond major in addi­tion to their stud­ies. In com­par­i­son to oth­er uni­ver­si­ties both nation­al­ly and world­wide, Colum­bia ranks in 4th place on the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Nation­al uni­ver­si­ties, 8th glob­al­ly by the Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­ver­si­ties, and 15th in the Times High­er Edu­ca­tion World Uni­ver­si­ty Rankings.

Tuition: $51,008 per year

Learn more about Colum­bia University’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

8. Carnegie Mellon University

When Andrew Carnegie found­ed the Carnegie Tech­ni­cal Schools on a 148-acre cam­pus with­in Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­va­nia, he had one mis­sion: to instill in oth­ers “to put their heart in [their] work.”. Since 1900, the school quick­ly grew to become one of the “New Ivies” of the 21st cen­tu­ry due to its com­mit­ment to glob­al research, award-win­ing fac­ul­ty, and innovation.

Carnegie Mel­lon was one of the very first insti­tu­tions to estab­lish a depart­ment of tech­nol­o­gy now known as the School of Com­put­er Sci­ence. The Uni­ver­si­ty offers a diverse num­ber of inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach degree options to its under­grad­u­ate com­put­er sci­ence majors includ­ing its Inte­gra­tive Design, Arts, and Tech­nol­o­gy Net­work (IDEATE) pro­gram Stu­dents may blend com­put­er sci­ence and the arts, com­pu­ta­tion­al biol­o­gy, and music and tech­nol­o­gy or pur­sue the addi­tion­al option of dou­ble major­ing depend­ing upon where indi­vid­ual inter­ests lie. Cours­es for the Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Com­put­er Sci­ence degree option require stu­dents to minor with­in a sec­ond sub­ject ensur­ing a well-round­ed edu­ca­tion­al back­ground guar­an­teed to meet the chang­ing and chal­leng­ing demands of a career in technology.

List­ed as #10 on the Times High­er Edu­ca­tion World­wide Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ings, the #11 Most Inno­v­a­tive Uni­ver­si­ty by the U.S. News and World Report, and #5 in the QS World Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ings, Carnegie Mel­lon is a mem­ber of the elite Asso­ci­a­tion of Amer­i­can Uni­ver­si­ties, the World Eco­nom­ic Forum Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ties Lead­ers Forum, and Accred­i­ta­tion Board For Engi­neer­ing and Tech­nol­o­gy (ABET).

Tuition: $50,410 per year

Learn more about Carnegie Mel­lon’s com­put­er sci­ence program

9. Cornell University

Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in Itha­ca, New York by Ezra Cor­nell and Andrew Dick­son White in 1865. Its mis­sion was to teach a range of dis­ci­plines where “any per­son can find instruc­tion in any study.” And that it does. From its pri­vate Ivy League, 745-acre cam­pus roots sprung sev­en under­grad­u­ate col­leges, sev­en grad­u­ate col­leges, a coop­er­a­tive exten­sion through­out every coun­ty with­in New York State, the 4,300 acre Cor­nell Plan­ta­tions, a pair of satel­lite med­ical cam­pus­es, and much, much more. Cor­nell is a land, sea, sun, and space grant insti­tu­tion. Con­sid­ered by many as “the first Amer­i­can uni­ver­si­ty,” Cor­nell blends a world-class fac­ul­ty, vig­or­ous aca­d­e­mics, schol­ar­ship, and pub­lic ser­vice in all of its cours­es and programs.

The Com­put­er Sci­ence degree avail­able at Cor­nell fea­tures core cours­es in pro­gram­ming lan­guages, algo­rithms, log­ic, data struc­ture, and sys­tems with elec­tives in advanced fields like sci­en­tif­ic com­put­ing, cryp­tog­ra­phy, com­put­er graph­ics, net­works, data­bas­es, and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence. Addi­tion­al­ly, Cor­nell com­put­er sci­ence stu­dents must choose a vec­tor or “stream­lined” group of four cours­es to aug­ment knowl­edge with­in com­put­er sci­ence or a dif­fer­ent minor. Vec­tor choic­es include Renais­sance, Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence: Human-Lan­guage Tech­nolo­gies Track, Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence: Machine Learn­ing Track, Com­pu­ta­tion­al Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing, Graph­ics, Net­work Sci­ence, Pro­gram­ming Lan­guages, Soft­ware Engi­neer­ing, Systems/Databases: Oper­at­ing Sys­tems Track, Systems/Databases: Secu­ri­ty and Trust­wor­thy Sys­tems Track, Systems/Databases: Data-Inten­sive Com­put­ing Track, or The­o­ry. Rec­og­nized as 13th in the Aca­d­e­m­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­ver­si­ties, 21st by the U.S. World and News Report’s Best Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ties, and 10th for Best Engi­neer­ing Pro­grams in Com­put­er Sci­ence, Cor­nell is high­ly regard­ed nation­al­ly and world­wide. All pro­grams at Cor­nell are accred­it­ed by the Mid­dles States Com­mis­sion on High­er Edu­ca­tion with the addi­tion­al pro­gram-spe­cif­ic accred­i­ta­tion by ABET.

Tuition: $49,116 per year

Learn more about Cor­nell University’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

10. Georgia Institute of Technology

With­in the heart of Atlanta, Geor­gia is the 400-acre urban cam­pus of the Geor­gia Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy. Since its found­ing in 1886, this pub­lic school has grown from its 84 stu­dent hum­ble begin­nings as a trade school to the six col­leges, an inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed insti­tu­tion it is today. Its top-rat­ed Col­lege of Com­put­ing con­fers the Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Com­put­er Sci­ence or the Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Com­pu­ta­tion­al Media with the option of spe­cial­iz­ing stud­ies with­in 8 options or “Threads.” Cours­es explore foun­da­tion­al knowl­edge based on gen­er­al­ist con­cepts of com­pu­ta­tion­al the­o­ry as well as spe­cial­ized Threads with­in the­o­ry, devices, info inter­net­works, intel­li­gence, media, mod­el­ing and sim­u­la­tion, peo­ple and sys­tems, and architecture.

Ranked as the #7th Top Pub­lic Uni­ver­si­ty and #6 Best Under­grad­u­ate Engi­neer­ing Pro­grams in Com­put­er Sci­ence by the U.S. News and World Report and among the top 50 Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ties by the Times High­er Edu­ca­tion World Uni­ver­si­ty Rank­ings, Geor­gia Tech­ni­cal Insti­tute is rapid­ly emerg­ing as a world-class tech­no­log­i­cal leader in pub­lic education.

Tuition: $12,204 in-state, $32,396 out-of-state

Learn more about Geor­gia Insti­tute of Technology’s Bach­e­lor of Com­put­er Sci­ence Degree Pro­grams here.

Why Get a Bachelor’s in Computer Science?

Now that you’ve seen the top com­put­er sci­ence under­grad­u­ate schools, where do you go? Tech­nol­o­gy is advanc­ing at a rapid pace, cre­at­ing the need for trained pro­fes­sion­als of all edu­ca­tion­al back­grounds and skill lev­els. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Sta­tis­tics pre­dicts a faster than aver­age growth of 13 % from 2020 until 2030 in com­put­er and infor­ma­tion technology.

This means that stu­dents inter­est­ed in pur­su­ing a degree in the field of com­put­er sci­ence have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to earn high­er than aver­age salaries once they gain employ­ment. Com­plet­ing a bach­e­lor degree in com­put­er sci­ence from one of the top under­grad­u­ate com­put­er sci­ence schools is often the best first step to get­ting there. Even if you can’t get into the best school for com­put­er sci­ence, there’s a lot you can do.

You can learn about infor­ma­tion sys­tems, cyber­se­cu­ri­ty, data sci­ence, web devel­op­ment, soft­ware devel­op­ment, and oth­er in-demand skills at a state uni­ver­si­ty just as well as you can at Duke Uni­ver­si­ty or Yale Uni­ver­si­ty. Some oth­er great pub­lic schools include the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, San Diego, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan — Ann Arbor, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Austin, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Urbana-Cham­paign, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Los Ange­les (UCLA), and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton. If you want to go inter­na­tion­al, try Hong Kong or the Unit­ed Kingdom.

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