Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Software Engineers For Systems
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Western Governors University, Utah Valley State, Dixie State, and Salt Lake Community 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 University of Utah, Utah State, Southern Utah University, and Westminster College.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Westminster College.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Davis Applied Technology College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Western Governors University, Brigham Young, Westminster College, and College of Eastern Utah.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of College of Eastern Utah, Westminster College, Utah State, and University of Utah.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Brigham Young, Westminster College, and University of Utah.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Western Governors University.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Utah State, Westminster College, College of Eastern Utah, and University of Utah.
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Spotlight Utah Schools Related to This Career
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DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management
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- Degrees: Master, Post- Bachelor's Certificate
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- Degrees: Associate, Bachelor, Master
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Keiser University eCampus Online
- Programs: 3 relevant programs; click the school name for details.
- Degrees: Associate, Bachelor
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Utah Valley University • Orem, UT
Studying Software Engineering (completion in 2011)
• 8/20/2011
"I was very satisfied. I do wish they had offered more classes focusing in newer technologies, such as iphone or Android application programming. Also, if schedules had allowed, there were other classes I would have loved to take... but they always overlapped with required courses."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | I'd leave that up to their situation. For me it was perfect, but for somebody looking for a more top name school and recruiters coming with jobs to them... then it wouldn't be the best match. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | I don't think it's particularly high on the list. However, I do think UVU has a very solid CS program that is gaining popularity now that the school has university status. |
| Program Quality | 7 | While the school provided a lot of hands on coding (which was one of the reasons I chose it), there was a struggle with the quality of students. Sometimes a student would lack basic skills for a class and thus slow down the learning of the entire class. |
| Instruction | 9 | Most teachers were very well-qualified and taught things clearly. There were just a few who seemed kind of nonchalant about their teaching. |
| How Difficult | 8 | I think it was appropriately challenging. It would have been easier if I hadn't been working nearly full time as a web developer while attending school. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | I chose to go here for this reason - the hands on learning. Other schools focus so much on theory, and I felt UVU offered a good mixture of the two. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 4 | This was often a struggle for me as I worked off campus as well. However, with the university's increasing enrollment, I think more and more classes are being offered at more of a variety of times. |
| Academic Facilities | 9 | Labs and classrooms are quite nice. The wonderful thing about a small program was that I got to know most of my CS professors extremely well. |
| Social Life | 5 | I think UVU offers all of these things and has a great selection of social opportunities. However, I was so swamped working and studying and also have a wife who attends another school, so I was never really into these things. |
| Placement Services | 3 | It was pretty pathetic. Outside of Utah there was very little to no recruiting, although there were a few companies that sent out local emails looking for programmers. |
| Alumni Network | 3 | As far as I know, UVU does not really have much of an alumni network. The networking for finding jobs and such out of school was rather poor unless you wanted to stay very local. |
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