Good colleges in Texas

[gflores]

Was wondering, if you guys knew any good colleges/universities in Texas, especially those that have a good field in computer science/engineering.

 

[minendo]

UT

 

[Spoooon]

TAMU, UT

 

[amoeba]

UT, A&M, RICE (more known for grad engineering)

 

[NivekC4]

I can vouch for UT ... graduated with CS degree last Spring.

 

[beer]

UT Austin
Rice

TAMU is quite a bit farther down the scales.

Texas has a lot of tier two schools, but the only tier-one schools are Rice and UT...and I think that while UT officially has a higher ranked engineering program, Rice is definitely a better school. Except that it is in the downtown of Houston....and about $20000 more a year than Texas is.

 

[Ikonomi]

UT is a great school.

 

[amoeba]

for the value, UT comp//ee engineering is probably the best in texas. Although I might be a bit biased as I graduated from there just recently.

 

[NivekC4]

Originally posted by: beer
UT Austin
Rice

TAMU is quite a bit farther down the scales.

Texas has a lot of tier two schools, but the only tier-one schools are Rice and UT...and I think that while UT officially has a higher ranked engineering program, Rice is definitely a better school. Except that it is in the downtown of Houston....and about $20000 more a year than Texas is.

I believe Rice is a private school, and it is A LOT more expensive than UT. If you don't mind going to a school with TONS and TONS of ppl (50k+), UT is the place to be.

 

[Saulbadguy]

the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos.

 

[cressida]

Top 3 public

1. UT
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas Tech

 

[Saulbadguy]

Academically, these are all good schools. Here are the top 3 SPORTS schools in Texas.

1. Oklahoma University
2. Texas
3. Texas A&M

 

[gopunk]

ut austin and rice

 

[Hammer]

UT and Rice. everything else is crap.

 

[fastz28]

TONS and TONS of ppl (50k+)

Is that a bad thing? Don't forget that about 50% of them are females.

Texas women are hot!

 

[amoeba]

UT has some of the best computer engineering proffesors. In an effort to improve, they have repeatedly hired world class proffesors from industry/other schools in the area of computer engineering and telecom the last 5 or 6 years.

If your interest is VLSI/hardware design (digital IC), system/computer architecture, and so forth, UT is a very good choice, UT's analog design isn't as strong as its digital. I don't know as much about UT's software programs, but its supposed to be very good as well.
Just I was a hardware guy, so letting you know my personal experiences.

I will say that the first 1 1/2 years will be fairly tough as UT has a habit of accepting perhaps more people than they should and finding themselves having to weed out students the first couple of years.
I remember a statistic that said 25% of UT EE /comp E actually graduate in 4 years. also supposedly, 40-50 % of incoming EE freshmen are weeded out /switch majors first 2 years.

You will work very hard. And you will probably find yourself in the same 2 buildings on campus the majority of the time.

just my 2 cents.

 

[amoeba]

Originally posted by: fastz28

TONS and TONS of ppl (50k+)

Is that a bad thing? Don't forget that about 50% of them are females.

Texas women are hot!

Thats true, there are LOTS of hot women on campus. Unfortunately, as an engineer, especially an EE compE, you will never meet any of them. you will be secluded in the engineering portion of the campus. I think the EE building actually sends out anti hot girl radiation as the number of hot girls exponentially increase as you move further away from the building.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: Synergy
Top 3 public

1. UT
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas Tech

I would rank UT Dallas above Texas tech in terms of ACADEMICS. Texas Tech definitely has the hotties though.

I've often heard the joke:

"Everyone lies when they say there's nothing to do Lubbock. You can always get syphilis, warts, ghonerria..."

 

[amoeba]

yes UT dallas is good for computer science.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: amoeba
UT has some of the best computer engineering proffesors. In an effort to improve, they have repeatedly hired world class proffesors from industry/other schools in the area of computer engineering and telecom the last 5 or 6 years.

If your interest is VLSI/hardware design (digital IC), system/computer architecture, and so forth, UT is a very good choice, UT's analog design isn't as strong as its digital. I don't know as much about UT's software programs, but its supposed to be very good as well.
Just I was a hardware guy, so letting you know my personal experiences.

I will say that the first 1 1/2 years will be fairly tough as UT has a habit of accepting perhaps more people than they should and finding themselves having to weed out students the first couple of years.
I remember a statistic that said 25% of UT EE /comp E actually graduate in 4 years. also supposedly, 40-50 % of incoming EE freshmen are weeded out /switch majors first 2 years.

You will work very hard. And you will probably find yourself in the same 2 buildings on campus the majority of the time.

just my 2 cents.

Not to mention they just hired seven new faculty for the wireless group, including two from Stanford and another from UC Berkeley, plus four others from other top tier schools.

And we have two EE buildings? I didn't get the memo?

 

[cressida]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: Synergy
Top 3 public

1. UT
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas Tech

I would rank UT Dallas above Texas tech in terms of ACADEMICS. Texas Tech definitely has the hotties though.

I've often heard the joke:

"Everyone lies when they say there's nothing to do Lubbock. You can always get syphilis, warts, ghonerria..."

Good for CS but not as good for EE or CMPE

 

[amoeba]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: amoeba
UT has some of the best computer engineering proffesors. In an effort to improve, they have repeatedly hired world class proffesors from industry/other schools in the area of computer engineering and telecom the last 5 or 6 years.

If your interest is VLSI/hardware design (digital IC), system/computer architecture, and so forth, UT is a very good choice, UT's analog design isn't as strong as its digital. I don't know as much about UT's software programs, but its supposed to be very good as well.
Just I was a hardware guy, so letting you know my personal experiences.

I will say that the first 1 1/2 years will be fairly tough as UT has a habit of accepting perhaps more people than they should and finding themselves having to weed out students the first couple of years.
I remember a statistic that said 25% of UT EE /comp E actually graduate in 4 years. also supposedly, 40-50 % of incoming EE freshmen are weeded out /switch majors first 2 years.

You will work very hard. And you will probably find yourself in the same 2 buildings on campus the majority of the time.

just my 2 cents.

Not to mention they just hired seven new faculty for the wireless group, including two from Stanford and another from UC Berkeley, plus four others from other top tier schools.

And we have two EE buildings? I didn't get the memo?

Yes thats what I mean for telecom, the wireless group. ( I assume you refer to Rappaport, Shakkotai and those guys). Yes two buildings, ENS and ACES.

 

[lilFajita]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Academically, these are all good schools. Here are the top 3 SPORTS schools in Texas.

1. Oklahoma University
2. Texas
3. Texas A&M

since when is Oklahoma in Texas?

I love UT. Defintely recommended.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Originally posted by: lilFajita

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Academically, these are all good schools. Here are the top 3 SPORTS schools in Texas.

1. Oklahoma University
2. Texas
3. Texas A&M

since when Oklahoma in Texas?

I love UT. Defintely recommended.

Since Oklahoma started out-recruiting Texas in their own state.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: amoeba

Yes thats what I mean for telecom, the wireless group. ( I assume you refer to Rappaport, Shakkotai and those guys). Yes two buildings, ENS and ACES.

I wish I had a class in ACES I am not fortunate enough to get classes in The Palace