&gt; I find that crazy. Both teach basically the same thing. If they are both accredited, then it is almost indistinguishable.<p>Speaking just on computer science here, but the depth of CS courses varies radically across universities.  Sure they all might follow the ACM model curriculum, but how much of the book you&#x27;re actually reading (and which book you&#x27;re using in the first place), the number and difficulty of practice problems you&#x27;re assigned, etc. is definitely not basically the same.<p>I went to an average engineering school, and also took a handful of grad classes.  Many of the assignments in Master&#x27;s classes were a similar difficulty level to the assignments in undergrad MIT classes on OCW.  Not all of the courses were this way, but many were.