2022 Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and computer science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,292 Average Net Price

$40,670 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting & Computer Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $12,292 for Southwest Region Accounting & CompSci students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value 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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