2025 Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in computer software & applications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #89 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 bachelor's degrees in computer software & applications during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer software & applications students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer software & applications students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer software & applications students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer software & applications related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer software & applications students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The computer software 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 Software & Applications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Software & Applications in Minnesota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer software & applications.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in Computer Software

1

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

21 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer software & applications has to check out University of St Thomas Minnesota. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.More information about a bachelor’s in computer software & applications from University of St Thomas Minnesota

2

University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN

27 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Duluth is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer software & applications. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computer software & applications from University of Minnesota - Duluth

Best Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	42
Iowa	197	17
Nebraska	180	1
South Dakota	148	36

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Computer Software & Applications Related Rankings by Major

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	50
Web & Multimedia Design	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Computer Software

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	1,236
Computer Information Systems	346
Information Technology	205
Computer Systems Analysis	161
Information Science	77
Computer Systems Networking	65
Data Processing	18
Computer Programming	11

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space. More about our data sources and methodologies.