*Please read all of this. Sorry it's long but it won't make sense if you skim*
I applied to all my colleges for Computer Science but I was bouncing back between CS and Computer Engineering a lot. (And possibly electrical engineering). I didn't decide for sure but I just applied to all my colleges under CS and thought if I didn't like it I could switch to CE or EE. I applied to a mix of schools in my area that I want to go to and got accepted to most of them.
Now I am torn because I don't know if I should go to the engineering schools or the non-engineering schools to get my Computer Science degree. Also, two of my colleges I applied to don't even have the other programs. They have JUST Computer Science and Information Technology. (and cyber security technically). I'm not sure if it's going to be the same Computer Science degree as say in the engineering school.
I'm sure this isn't clear so I'll go more in depth. I applied to all my schools for CS knowing I could switch to CE or EE in the school, and knowing I had other engineering/tech options. I got into most of my colleges I applied to, but 2 of my top choice schools are private catholic schools (DePaul and Loyola). Loyola has CS, and CE, no EE. Ideally I would like more engineering options/tech options but CS and CE are fine. DePaul has only CS, IT, and Cybersecurity, No other engineering.
My question is, if I went to one of those two universities would my degree not mean as much as someone who say got their degree from UIC or another better engineering school? It seems as if the Computer science taught at the two smaller universities aren't really good choices to study because there isn't any other engineering options. I love engineering/tech/computers and am worried if I go to a school with limited options in that field. UIC has tons of engineering and while I know for a fact I won't go into bioengineering, it just seems better to get an engineering degree from a school that has more engineering choices. Am I right here?
My first choice was UIC which ironically is a lot easier to get into than DePaul and Loyola but I got into both DePaul and Loyola and received scholarships. I didn't get denied from UIC but they said they wanted more time to review my application and to send my senior semester 1 transcript. I'm planning for being denied and if that happens, I want to know ahead of time before I commit to a school what I am getting with my computer science degree. T HANKS
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