UIC is a hellhole, stay away. Not only is it in Chicago, it’s not far from the bad parts of Chicago, and is very urban, ugly, and mostly commuter. She can do much better. The small private schools will be most expensive. There are some very good state universities which can draw on the main campus but are typically in smaller communities with student populations of 4-8 thousand where you can still feel like part of a community instead of just a number. And frankly, for an undergraduate degree in CS, its not going to matter where it’s from since that is an entry level qualification anyway. Do it inexpensively and keep open the option of grad school once she has an idea of what she wants to do.
Truman State University is in a rather small N. West Missouri town. For good student, they put together a good financial aid package so that they don’t have huge debt when they graduate.
My son from Clemson works with several Missouri S&T graduates, in Huntsville, AL.
And FYI....the French minor is a complete and utter waste of time and money; she'll NEVER use it and NO French firm will hire here to work over there.
Montana State and the University of Idaho are supposed to have very good tech programs....
“I like in Kansas City.
Most of the schools she has looked at are out of state.”
I know that CU Boulder has a reputation as the wackadoodle capital of the Rockies, and that reputation is well deserved.
However, they have some good programs in the hard sciences, and if you have inoculated your girl against the sophistries of the left, the broader experience of a large U might be valuable.
I hear Drury’s a good school.