Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Computer Programmers
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at USC Upstate, Coastal Carolina University, Benedict, and Trident Technical College.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Limestone, Southern Wesleyan University, South Carolina State, and Clemson.
- Female: For schools particularly welcoming to female students, consider Converse.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Benedict, Voorhees College, Claflin, and South Carolina State.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Southern Wesleyan University, Limestone, Converse, and Coker.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Bob Jones, Furman, The Citadel, and Coastal Carolina University.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Presbyterian College, Wofford College, Voorhees College, and Furman.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Furman, Clemson, Wofford College, and College of Charleston.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Claflin, Lander, Limestone, and Coker.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Furman, Wofford College, Presbyterian College, and Voorhees College.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
University Of South Carolina • Columbia, SC
Studying Electrical Engineering (completion in 1980)
• 1/21/2012
"As far as the overall experience went, it was ok. But I got my engineering degree and they successfully taught me how to think like an engineer. That has greatly helped me in my career."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | Probably not now since I've seen how much better classes are taught at other schools. If I had it do do over again, knowing what I know now, I never would have gone there. |
| Program Reputation | I really don't know. The school is known more for being a party school than for being academically excellent. | |
| Program Quality | 5 | It seemed pretty good at the time. After graduation I wished I had gone to another school though, because it wasn't until then that I learned about how excellent some other schools were. |
| Instruction | 6 | I have compared it with other schools since I left. I found it was not as great as I thought it was when I was there. |
| How Difficult | 7 | It wasn't that hard for me because I picked a major that I was interested in and had the aptitude for. I know it was extremely difficult for others though. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | It was a good mix for me. I didn't like labs at all and they didn't have very many. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 4 | Everyone had a difficult time with it. Students were seen crying during registration quite often. In fact, it was expected. I got around the problem by signing up for way too many courses and then dropping all the ones I didn't want and adding other ones that I did want. When I graduated, my school counselor filled out a drop-add slip that said, "Drop: School, Add: Life" because he watched me do that for years. |
| Academic Facilities | 8 | I never had any trouble finding the resources I needed. In fact, there were many more than I chose to use. |
| Social Life | 3 | I was a loner, so this is a bad question for me. It wasn't a problem with the school. It was, however, a party school and that didn't help much with my academics. |
| Placement Services | 3 | I didn't use them, so it's hard to say. I did the job search almost entirely myself. So, I guess the school's system wasn't that helpful to me. |
| Alumni Network | I don't know anything about the alumni network. It may be that it was excellent and I just didn't pay any attention to it. |
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