Ranked #12 in popularity, computer science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of computer science. Combined, these schools handed out 157 degrees in computer science to qualified students.
Your choice of computer science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The compsci school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Computer Science Schools in Kansas.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the compsci degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in computer science has to look into Butler Community College. Butler CC is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of El Dorado. This college ranks 16th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 7 computer science students who graduated with this degree at Butler CC in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Wichita State University if you want to pursue a degree in computer science. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WSU is a great university overall.
There were about 117 computer science students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the compsci program earn an average of $64,699 in their early career salary.
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It's hard to beat Southwestern College if you wish to pursue a degree in computer science. Located in the town of Winfield, SC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 25th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 13 computer science students who graduated with this degree at SC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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