by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 8,750 people earned their degree in general computer programming, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 906 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general computer programming. That schools that top this list have a program in general computer programming in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Iowa, and it awarded 28 masters’s computer programming degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Programming Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s computer programming degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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