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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking.
Other Computer Software & Media Applications is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,694 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 106 other computer software & media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 other computer software & media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other computer software & media applications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other computer software & media applications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree computer software and media applications students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 15 masters’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Art Center College of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s computer software and media applications degrees to 25 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at Art Center College of Design
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #3 spot on the list. California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at CalArts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 5 masters’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at UC Santa Cruz
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- 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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