Computer Software & Applications is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #50 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of computer software & applications. Combined, these schools handed out 177 master's degrees in computer software & applications to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master'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 - The number of computer software & applications students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
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 master'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 colleges for computer software & applications students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Software & Applications Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computer Software & Applications in Illinois
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in computer software & applications.
Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Computer Software
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in computer software & applications has to take a look at DePaul University. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.
Those computer software & applications students who get their master's degree from DePaul University receive $9,314 more than the average computer software graduate.
It's difficult to beat Lewis University if you want to pursue a master's degree in computer software & applications. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Romeoville.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the computer software program make around $96,484 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
