Huh? There are plenty of great programs elsewhere. I know few people who graduated with an undergraduate degree with more experience actually working on robots than people from Georgia Tech.

I don't think youknow enough about degrees, degree programs or the state of education elsewhere in the country to even know how little you know about it.

Sure there are lots of schools that are basically nothing more than basic java training centers, but there are lots of great schools out there with very smart guys.