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2025 Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges in North Carolina
333 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
$51,565 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in computer software & applications is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #84 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for computer software & applications students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 333 degrees in computer software & applications annually.

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Choosing a Great Computer Software & Applications School

Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in North Carolina The computer software program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Computer Software & Applications rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer software & applications 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.

Computer Software & Applications Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Computer Software
Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Software
Master's Degrees in Computer Software

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Computer Software & Applications in North Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of computer software degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top North Carolina Schools in Computer Software

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
115 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
$115,689 Median Starting Salary

North Carolina State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in computer software & applications. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 115 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year. Computer Software & Applications degree recipients from North Carolina State University earn a boost of approximately $64,124 over the average earnings of computer software & applications majors.

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2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NC

University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great option for students interested in a degree in computer software & applications. UNCW is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Wilmington. This university ranks 12th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were roughly 29 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent data year.

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Masters Degree Type
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Learn to manage the development process for a software program with this specialized online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NC

Every student who is interested in computer software & applications needs to take a look at Appalachian State University. Appalachian State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Boone. This university ranks 11th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were approximately 29 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 154
Florida 282 500
Virginia 274 340
Tennessee 269 88
South Carolina 248 14
Kentucky 244 35
Louisiana 242 26
Mississippi 234 6
Arkansas 234 62
Alabama 233 5
West Virginia 207 39

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Computer Software & Applications is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

Computer Software Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration 208
Other Computer Software & Media Applications 100
Web & Multimedia Design 15
Computer Graphics 10

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 4,762
Computer Science 2,813
Computer Systems Networking 1,713
Information Science 222
Information Technology 203
Other Computer & Information Sciences 20
Computer Programming 6

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