Computer Science - College

Game Schools ->

game programming degrees (degree of science in Real-Time Interactive simulation)
DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond WA is the best.
http://www.digipen.edu

FullSail in Florida is also good, but only has 2yr degrees
not sure of the website.

As for gettig a good CS degree, its not as important as showing off what you know. For every "assaignment" in college make a game, or try to anyway. In your spare time, make games. I doesnt matter if they are clones, its the experience that matters more.

-Vulcan

Hmmm, I remember that post, and the only colleges I remember that were on the list were UC Berkely, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas at Austin, Rice, and the University of Michigan.

Basically, if you go to any decent-sized public school or a good private school, you can get a great degree in CS.

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Commander M

Another way to determine how good the CS program will be is to check the % of students with that major.

I went to a school (University of Texas at Dallas) that was nearly 75% CS students...so the CS department was the best-funded dept, and consequently there was a wide variety of good classes offered.


Epolevne

Here are the top schools as of 1999
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/gbcompsc.htm


Mike

I go to UC San Diego, and get a kick ass education for the money. I''m comp sci...as far as game design, you''re not going to get that here...but you will be forced to get a broad education and be forced to learn how to think...this is the best part of a good college education. I am working on game design in my free time, as it has been an interest since 5th grade that I recently started pursuing again. anyway, I really recomend the CSE dept here at UCSD. Good luck with your search.

--OctDev