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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Computer Software & Media Applications is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,694 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 other computer software & media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other computer software & media applications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other computer software & media applications.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree computer software and media applications students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read more about Other Computer Software & Media Applications at UC Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computer software and media applications students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Georgia Tech Other Computer Software & Media Applications Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s computer software and media applications students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Read more about Other Computer Software & Media Applications at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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