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2024 Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

67 Colleges in the Southeast Region
5,727 Bachelor's Degrees
$58,023 Avg Early-Career Salary
Computer Science is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 67 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for computer science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,727 bachelor's degrees in computer science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of computer science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality compsci program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer science students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Science in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in CompSci

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Duke University
Durham, NC
345 Annual Graduates
$115,135 Median Starting Salary
$13,500 Median Student Debt

Duke University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in computer science. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those computer science students who get their bachelor's degree from Duke University earn $57,112 more than the standard compsci grad.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
197 Annual Graduates
$101,714 Median Starting Salary
$14,500 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer science needs to look into Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from Vanderbilt University get an earnings boost of about $43,691 above the average earnings of computer science majors.

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416 Annual Graduates
$74,162 Median Starting Salary
$14,131 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer science. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill get an earnings boost of around $16,139 over the average income of computer science majors.

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
83 Annual Graduates
$73,250 Median Starting Salary
$15,250 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer science needs to check out Emory University. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from Emory University get an earnings boost of about $15,227 above the average income of computer science graduates.

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256 Annual Graduates
$70,908 Median Starting Salary
$22,500 Median Student Debt

Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from University of Georgia receive an earnings boost of about $12,885 over the average earnings of computer science majors.

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6
244 Annual Graduates
$73,857 Median Starting Salary
$21,073 Median Student Debt

NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.

Bachelor's recipients from the computer science program at North Carolina State University get $15,834 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
56 Annual Graduates
$67,514 Median Starting Salary
$18,830 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Those computer science students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Miami receive $9,491 more than the standard compsci student.

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49 Annual Graduates
$19,000 Median Student Debt

Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a bachelor’s in computer science from Tulane University of Louisiana

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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
46 Annual Graduates
$70,098 Median Starting Salary
$20,674 Median Student Debt

Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from Wake Forest University get an earnings boost of about $12,075 above the average income of computer science graduates.

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William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
78 Annual Graduates
$71,208 Median Starting Salary
$19,794 Median Student Debt

Located in the suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the computer science major at William & Mary make $13,185 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
12 Florida Polytechnic University Lakeland, FL
13 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
14 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
15 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA
16 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN

Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 225 404
Georgia 224 930
Tennessee 220 677
North Carolina 213 2,252
Virginia 213 338
South Carolina 195 68
Kentucky 187 64
Alabama 184 170
Louisiana 171 556
Mississippi 169 36
Arkansas 167 146
West Virginia 147 86

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One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

CompSci Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 5,727

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 11,880
Information Technology 1,946
Information Science 1,418
Computer Systems Networking 232
Computer Software & Applications 223
Computer Programming 209
Computer Systems Analysis 65
Data Processing 51
Other Computer & Information Sciences 3

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