Human Computer Interaction is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #132 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of human computer interaction. Combined, these schools handed out 177 master's degrees in human computer interaction to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Human Computer Interaction School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of human computer interaction for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality human computer interaction program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human computer interaction students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human computer interaction students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt human computer interaction students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human computer interaction related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human computer interaction students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Human Computer Interaction Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Computer Interaction Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Computer Interaction in the Far Western US Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human computer interaction.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Human Computer Interaction
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in human computer interaction needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the human computer interaction program state that they receive average early career income of $127,513.
University of California - Irvine is a great decision for students pursuing a master's degree in human computer interaction. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine.
After graduating, human computer interaction master's recipients typically make about $123,979 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).