When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in computer systems networking sits in the middle of the road, ranking #153 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Systems Networking Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 184 bachelor's degrees in computer systems networking to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Systems Networking School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The networking bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer systems networking students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computer systems networking students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for computer systems networking to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer systems networking related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer systems networking students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Systems Networking Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Computer Systems Networking Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in computer systems networking. UNC Greensboro is a large public university located in the large city of Greensboro.
After graduating, networking bachelor's recipients generally make about $48,077 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in computer systems networking has to look into Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Lauderdale.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the networking program report average early career earnings of $48,655.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in computer systems networking has to check out Florida State College at Jacksonville. Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the networking program make around $53,888 for their early 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).