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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Computer Science is the 19th most popular major in the country with 53,722 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,561 and had an average of $23,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 284 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,250 and $26,053 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,160 and $16,517 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

North Idaho College

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$6,703 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s compsci students in 2019-2020.

NIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. It costs about $6,703 for Idaho Associate Degree CompSci students with aid per year to attend NIC.

Read full report on Computer Science at North Idaho College

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• 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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