Here are the choices with median early career incomes from College Scorecard appended.
Loyola Marymount University, Computer Science, 42k - N/A
Seattle University, Computer Science, 38k - $102,001
Santa Clara University, CS+Engineering, 57k - $131,065
San Diego State, Computer Science, 28k - $76,755
Fordham, Computer Science, 27k - $73,993
Oregon State University, Computer Science, 34k - $84,460
Some comments on these schools along with some other data from
www.asee.org is as follows:
- Loyola Marymount did not report any sufficient data to report median income information. However, the school of engineering is tiny, and they only graduated 40 CS majors in 2020 which is the last year reported. With this small number of graduates, your not going to get strong industry recruiting or participation.
- Seattle graduated 57 CS majors in 2020. Once again a small class but at least you are in a city with a strong CS employer base which likely why starting salaries are so high.
- Santa Clara graduated 248 CS, is located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and had by far highest median early career salaries. Being in San Jose, it is the best place to get internships.
- San Diego State graduated 200 CS majors plus 81 CSE majors so it is a major program although the CS degrees are outside the engineering program. However, salaries are nearly the lowest among this pool.
- Fordham does not have an engineering school, and their website does not provide any statistics on the program I could find. Given the low salary levels in a high cost of living area, it looks like a weak program.
- Oregon State graduate 651 CS majors so it is a major program. However, Corvalis is somewhat isolated from major tech areas which is likely why salaries are average.
Among the CS choices, Santa Clara is the clear winner with a robust number of students, great tech location and an average starting salary $30,000 higher than the nearest competitor.
Seattle looks like the number 2 choice based on location and outcomes although the small size of the program would be a concern.
San Diego State and Oregon State are similar in terms of outcomes, but offer very different locations.
I would drop Loyola Marymount and Fordham from consideration. They are the weakest programs by far.
You can look up graduation and enrollment demographics by school at the following link which is provided by the American Society of Engineering Education:
https://shinyapps.asee.org/apps/Profiles/
The ASEE contains demographic information on enrollment and graduates by major, country of origin, gender and race, and schools can vary dramatically in terms of their demographic makeup.