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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Computer Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 1,770 people earned their degree in other computer & information sciences, making the major the 262nd most popular in the United States. In , other computer & information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $44,020 and had an average of $22,446 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 496 other computer & information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,590 and $21,370 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 164 other computer & information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Computer Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other computer & information sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other computer & information sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Computer Science Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other computer science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Computer Science Major in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 161 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Virginia Tech Other Computer & Information Sciences Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Computer Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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.
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