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2022 Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Computer & Information Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,796 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 798 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general computer and information sciences 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 general computer and information sciences 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences in California (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer and information sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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