2022 Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 accounting and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting and computer science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree accounting & compsci students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science (With Aid)

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s accounting and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting & Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas State Accounting & Computer Science 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

• *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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