I'm going to disagree with that ABET part being preferable. Stanford's CS program isn't ABET. It's an outdated notion and very limiting to CS programs, since it

I'm going to disagree with that ABET part being preferable. Stanford's CS program isn't ABET. It's an outdated notion and very limiting to CS programs, since it forces certain classes instead of potentially more modern ones. Also very few employers will care. Just go to a good non profit school with a real campus. Mechanical engineering would be different since it is far more regulated than software development.