nuts, i would correct you on that. IVY's and TOP TIES COLLEGE DO NOT HAVE SEPERATE COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEGREE. Because COMPUTER ENGINEERING is basically specialization of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. so you would get a TERMINAL DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING with specialization in COMPUTER ENGINEERING. COMPUTER SCIENCE is for ALGORITHMS, PROGRAMMING, DATABASES etc etc more to do with the SOFTWARE/APPLICATION/DESIGN portion of COMPUTER. getting back to KRISTEN's question which aspect of COMPUTER NETWORKING does your friend want to pursue? HARDWARE:PROTOCOL ====>>> can take up ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREES. you can study GSM/CDMA/TDMA. SONET/ATM/FIBER OPTICS/WIRELESS/SS7/MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION : DATA COMMUNICATION ETC. SOFTWARE ========>> More in the range of programming application. You do need some hardware understanding but basic knowledge would do. So, you would spend more time on writing application using various languages implementing various features. I ASSUME he/she is oriented more toward HARDWARE:PROTOCOL level [ having CCNA].so I would advise SCHOOLS with strong EE. ===================================================== as always once again what do i know (O: