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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa

2 Ranked Colleges
372 Degrees Awarded
$109,488 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 60,631 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $67,713 and had an average of $22,661 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 769 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,729 and $27,294 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 372 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,894 and $35,556 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Iowa

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maharishi International University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa. MIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 348 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Iowa list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 24 masters’s compsci degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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