> Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools. Just to be clear, Princeton ranks

> Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools. Just to be clear, Princeton ranks close to 15-20th in CS. Many state schools do out rank Princeton in CS and they do not have such labs yet. I can understand if IAS or the Math department was the main reason to open a lab there. But, if it was quality of CS faculty that exclusively factored into the decision, then there would be other state schools in the line ahead of Princeton.