I have no experience from the US, but from 2 European countries: Many CS students work part time as software developers. If they are not too bad that will give

I have no experience from the US, but from 2 European countries: Many CS students work part time as software developers. If they are not too bad that will give them a job offer nearly automatically when graduating. Of course working part time might delay graduation. Not a big deal here because there is no tuition.