2025 Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in Utah
4Colleges in Utah
1,552Computer Software Degrees Awarded
$51,565Avg 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 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for computer software & applications students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,552 degrees in computer software & applications to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Software & Applications School
Your choice of computer software & applications 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 software & applications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Computer Software & Applications Degree Level
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 Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in Utah list to help you make the college 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 Utah
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.
Western Governors University is a good option for students interested in a degree in computer software & applications. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WGU is a great university overall.
There were about 799 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at WGU in the most recent data year. Those computer software & applications students who get their degree from Western Governors University earn $49,763 more than the average computer software student.
It's hard to beat Weber State University if you want to pursue a degree in computer software & applications. WSU is a very large public university located in the small city of Ogden. This university ranks 4th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 31 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Utah State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer software & applications. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 55 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer software & applications. U of U is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 179 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Those computer software & applications students who get their degree from University of Utah earn $13,584 more than the average computer software student.
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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Your choice of computer software & applications 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 software & applications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
