Syracuse vs Michigan State University(MSU)

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MDK:

Smart! Yes that is my profile.

You could have also looked up by clicking on the posts made by this user and just browse through them

Nonetheless what matters is that you got the information.

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[CalmLogic]

I have already set my mind on MSU because
1.The living costs are definitely lower.
2.Most of the seniors that I have contacted have vouched for the fact that one does get some form of financial aid.

One other reason is the fact that the acceptance percentage of this university is so low that once you get through it is very difficult to let go
Also it makes you feel good about the quality of students.

But then again this is personal opinion.

Seems great to me, too

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Thanks for your input CalmLogic!

I have gathered positive feedbacks about the university but I am surprised that USNews doesn't rank MSU

USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Top Engineering Schools

Do you have inputs regarding the standing of this university?

[CalmLogic]

MSU (Michigan State University) ranks #51 for Computer Science according to USNews. MSU is tied with the following schools with a score of 2.9:

Arizona State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Texas A&M University–College Station

University of Pittsburgh

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/news/cs_rankings-2006.pdf

Syracuse ranks at #67 (at the bottom of the list) and is tied with the following schools with a score of 2.5:

Case Western Reserve University (OH)

Syracuse University (NY)

University of Iowa

University of New Mexico

Vanderbilt University (TN)

The above list is the latest ranking. (There was no new ranking in 2007/2008 for computer science.)

For computer engineering, MSU ranks at #46 with a score of 2.9 and SYR ranks at #56 with a score of 2.7:

USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Engineering: Computer Engineering (requires subscription)

MSU ranks at #18 for computer science research publications according to the publications-based (somewhat speculative) rankings below:

http://www.urch.com/forums/computer-...partments.html (Alternative to USNews: Publication-Based Ranking of CS Departments) (Syracuse is not on the list.)

Regarding world rankings, MSU ranks well in the 51-75 range for engineering:

Academic Ranking of World Universities: Engineering/Technology & Computer Science (Syracuse is not on the list.)

So Michigan State is the clear winner in rankings compared to Syracuse.