2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 3,238 people earned their degree in computer support specialist, making the major the 378th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 249 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in computer support specialist. That schools that top this list have a program in computer support specialist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist in the Southwest Region

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Rio Salado College
Tempe, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer support specialist degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rio Salado College Computer Support Specialist Report

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Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#22 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region list. Baytown, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer support specialist degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

#13 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 4 associates’s computer support specialist degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Tohono O'Odham Community College
Sells, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tohono O’Odham Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Computer Support Specialist Major in the Southwest Region. Tohono O’Odham Community College is a small school located in Sells, Arizona that handed out 0 associates’s computer support specialist degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Tohono O’Odham Community College Computer Support Specialist Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.