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Cambridge, MA
Need-blind admission for international UG; full-need financial aid means actual cost depends on family income, not headline tuition.
$60k/year tuition + $20k living · ~600 (UG + PG) Indian students
Stanford, CA
Need-blind for US applicants, need-aware for international — but generous aid for admitted internationals from low-income families.
$62k/year tuition + $25k living · ~700 Indian students
Pittsburgh, PA
Single largest destination for Indian MS-in-CS aspirants. INI + SCS programs heavily Indian.
$60k/year tuition + $18k living · ~2,000+ Indian students
Berkeley, CA
Top public research university; EECS UG admit rate around 5% but graduate programs more attainable.
$45k/year tuition (out-of-state) + $22k living · ~2,500+ Indian students
Atlanta, GA
OMSCS online MS in CS — $7k total — is the most affordable top-30 MS in the world. Highly Indian-dominated cohort.
$32k/year tuition + $16k living · ~3,000+ Indian students
Urbana, IL
Strong CS / ECE programs and generous TA/RA funding at the PhD level.
$38k/year tuition + $18k living · ~2,500+ Indian students
West Lafayette, IN
Strong engineering reputation + comparatively lower cost of living (Lafayette, IN).
$30k/year tuition + $14k living · ~2,800+ Indian students
Los Angeles, CA
Largest Indian-student population of any US private university. Strong Viterbi engineering programs.
$65k/year tuition + $20k living · ~5,000+ Indian students
New York, NY
NYC base + strong business / finance programs; high cost of living offsets the academic value.
$60k/year tuition + $28k living (NYC) · ~3,000+ Indian students
New York, NY
Ivy League with a strong MS in CS program; reputation also strong in journalism + international affairs.
$66k/year tuition + $28k living · ~1,800+ Indian students
Tempe, AZ
Large public university with one of the largest Indian student bodies in the US. Strong online + hybrid programs.
$33k/year tuition + $13k living · ~4,000+ Indian students
Boston, MA
Co-op program embeds paid work terms in the curriculum — strong post-study outcomes via that pipeline.
$60k/year tuition + $22k living · ~5,000+ Indian students
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