2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Accounting & Computer Science is the 353rd most popular major in the country with 90 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, accounting and computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,100 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 48 accounting and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 accounting and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting and computer science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree accounting & compsci students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s accounting and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting & Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting & Computer Science at Texas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science (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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