2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Wisconsin (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, there were 223 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,533 and $25,070 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree compsci students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Whitewater, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s compsci students in 2019-2020.

UW - Whitewater also made our “Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Whitewater are $19,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computer Science at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 19 masters’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computer Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s 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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