> Why not rank by strength of CS program? If we use PayScale's...
CS alone is far from representative of tech industry in the aggregate.
Furthermore, PayScale's list clearly doesn't control for locality bias--e.g. consider Purdue #191, UW Madison #138, UM Ann Arbor #88, UT Austin #79 to name a few; or what Duke #10 while UNC Chapel Hill #67 even means?? How do top programs which feed industry around tech hubs like Austin and Research Triangle meaningfully compare to the Bay Area and NYC if unadjusted gross salary serves as the sole basis of value?