2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2021-2022, 9,831 people earned their degree in general computer programming, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,546 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 166 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general computer programming. That schools that top this list have a program in general computer programming in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming in the Great Lakes Region

1

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

Top 15% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 130 masters’s computer programming degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Computer Programming at DePaul

2

University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Detroit Mercy landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 13 masters’s computer programming degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Computer Programming at Detroit Mercy

3

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 16 masters’s computer programming degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn General Computer Programming Report

4

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Youngstown, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s computer programming students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Computer Programming at Youngstown State University

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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