In 2014 I planned to go for undergraduation to US so I went for counselling, SAT classes and did a lot of research to shortlist the universities. I planned for picking the best budget college in US for Computer Science Program. I did not take into account location or other factors that may be personalized for other people. I failed to

I short listed the universities based on:

  • Cost for International students
  • Rank
  • Reviews
  • Campus, and few other factors

Top 10 Best Budget Universities for Undergraduation in Computer Science (United States) are:

10. Stony Brook

stony brook

9. SUNY University at Buffalo

SUNY University of Buffalo

8. University of Massachusetts – Amherst

UMASS

7. Texas A&M University – College Station

Texas A&M University - College Station

6. North Carolina State University – Raleigh

North Carolina State University - Raleigh

5. Purdue University

Purdue University

4. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

3. Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech

2. Ohio State University – Columbus

Ohio State University - Columbus

1. University of Wisconsin – Madison

University of Wisconsin - Madison

They are roughly arranged in the order of how good they are but beware these universities were selected primarily on my SAT score , their cost and rank. My SAT score was 1780, ACT score was 26 and TOEFL score was 105.

The ones who accepted me in CS are:
Virginia Tech, UMN – Twin Cities, NCSU, UMass, UB, and Stony Brook.

The ones who accepted me in other fields are:
OSU, UWisc – Madison and Purdue.

The one who denied me is: Texas A&M University.

So I had to short list again among these universities and I picked:
UMN – Twin Cities, Virginia Tech, NCSU, Stony Brook, and University of Buffalo.
I mainly had to consider cost while short listing these.