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I was in the Liberal Arts CS program at my school and, with 20/20 hindsight, am absolutely sure I made the correct decision (for me).

Being in the LA college at my school (we had both Engineering and LA schools on the same campus -- you could take CS from either side) I was exposed to a much broader range of topics that the rigid and intense engineering curriculum wouldn't have allowed me the be exposed to. I took a lot of Human Factors/Design courses in my last 2 years which gave me a new perspective on the CS that I'd been learning.

The takeaway for me was this: being able to see your CS degree in context of a broad range of other seemingly disparate topics ensures that you aren't narrowly defining what the degree can do for you. You can apply the degree creatively to a broad range of problems that aren't necessarily even taught in the CS department (or, for that matter, the Engineering school).