Computer science is the most competitive masters degree on the planet right now. I don't have a clean number for exactly how much more competitive, and anyone who gives you one is guessing, but the direction is obvious. Popular CS programs get flooded, acceptance rates drop, tuition climbs because demand never dips. If you're applying for an MS in CS, you need better data than everyone else, because everyone else is good.
The two numbers that matter most are tuition and acceptance rate, together. A program with a 25 percent rate and 60k tuition is a completely different bet from one with a 55 percent rate and 15k tuition, even if the rankings sit them next to each other. Most students compare rankings. Compare odds and cost instead. Tuition plus acceptance rate data for MS in computer science universities is exactly the view a university admission stats database search tool gives you, one screen instead of forty tabs.
Then the third number: entry requirements. CS programs care about your math background, your undergrad GPA, sometimes a GRE score. A school with a friendly acceptance rate and a hard GPA floor isn't friendly to you if your GPA is average. Be honest here. The data rewards honesty, and a college finder app based on GPA and budget is useful at this step because it starts from your scores and filters out programs that would reject you on GPA alone.
And don't sleep on Europe. Several EU countries run English-taught CS masters at a fraction of US tuition, with solid acceptance rates for qualified internationals. The two-year total cost difference is staggering. Scholarships exist but they're thin and brutal, so treat funding as a bonus, never the plan.
Our database has the acceptance rate by university comparison across four regions. Or hand the whole mess to me. Shortlists built by hand at studyabroadconsulting.fyi.