2022 Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computer & IS Security is the 60th most popular major in the country with 20,700 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across North Carolina, there were 108 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in computer and IS security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer and IS security programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer and IS security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,307 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 associates’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wake Technical Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $5,307 for North Carolina Associate Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

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#2

Fayetteville Technical Community College

Fayetteville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$5,018 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fayetteville Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FTCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $5,018 for North Carolina Associate Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend FTCC.

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#3

Vance-Granville Community College

Henderson, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$2,373 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vance-Granville Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Vance-Granville Community College is a small school located in Henderson, North Carolina that handed out 1 associates’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vance-Granville Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $2,373 for north carolina associate degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Vance-Granville Community College.

Read more about Computer & IS Security at Vance-Granville Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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