2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Systems Tech Major

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Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology is the 413th most popular major in the country with 1,764 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 146 computer technology/computer systems technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Systems Tech Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer technology/computer systems technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer technology/computer systems technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Systems Tech Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree computer systems tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

1

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Systems Tech Major. This small school is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 137 masters’s computer systems tech degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Systems Tech Major. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 8 masters’s computer systems tech degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at RPI

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.

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