NYU or Stevens MSCS

[rrosie]

Hi, I'm trying to decide where to go for a Masters in Comp Sci.  I've narrowed it down to NYU or Stevens. I've looked at US News & various other sites and NYU is consistently rated better.  I was wondering if anyone had first hand experience with either school and what did you think? Or given the choice which would you choose to go to?

Thanks for your help.

[rack_attack124]

I haven't heard of Stevens. I think you have to look at the pros and cons. Also consider how important rankings are to you. Do they cost the same? I don't have experience with those schools so I'm not the right person to ask but I still do think listing out the pros and cons could help you make a decision. 

[graffixnyc]

I go to Stevens and I think it's a great school. I love the flexibility of the MS program there. Stevens is also really starting to do well.  I'm constantly seeing it in high rankings or very good rankings. I was born and raised in NYC and I never heard of Stevens before I was looking at grad schools but the more I learned the more I liked.  There are many people that have never heard of it but let me say,  every single job interview I have gone on they always have heard of Stevens so while most "normal" people might not have heard of them,  people in the industry have. I also have noticed that the "normal" people who have heard of them all have been highly educated people. Like I met someone who was a MBA from an ivy league school and told them that I go to Stevens and she said "oh the Smarty Pants school"  Haha  They are also a tier 1 school.

We were just ranked #3 in the nation on return on investment.  #7 engineering school in the country by USA today as well as #9 school for Computer Science.  #3 school in New Jersey (Princeton is #1) I think it's ranked like #75 in the country of all Universities by US News. And many more rankings I've seen lately.  I also was considering NYU but I'm actually glad I didn't get into NYU and ended up at my 2nd pick.  It's very challenging as well.  I only go part time taking 2 courses a semester and the workload is a lot.  I came from Baruch College for under grad with a BBA in Computer Information Systems and I have learned so much more in my short time at Stevens so far than I did at Baruch 

Edited May 2, 2016 by graffixnyc