2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Missouri (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 1,363 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies

Fayette, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,196 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fayette, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s computer science students in 2019-2020.

CMU CGES also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $15,196 for missouri associate degree computer science students with aid per year to attend CMU CGES.

Read more about Computer Science at Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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