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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Computer & Information Sciences is the 320th most popular major in the country with 1,887 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other computer and information sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in other computer and information sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other computer and information sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Computer & Information Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s other computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Other Computer & Information Sciences at Capella University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a large public school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 0 doctorate’s other computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Computer & Information Sciences at UC Irvine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Computer & Information Sciences Major list. NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Computer & Information Sciences at NUS Florida
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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