by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 11,939 people earned their degree in computer programming, making the major the 108th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,629 and had an average of $27,450 in loans still to pay off.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 378 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in computer programming. To top this list, a school must have a successful computer programming program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s. DePaul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 132 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 72 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s programming degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maharishi International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Maharishi International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DigiPen Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. DigiPen Institute of Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Redmond, Washington. It awarded 24 masters’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
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With a ranking of #6, Marist College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s ranking. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 13 masters’s 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%.
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University of Detroit Mercy did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s programming degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Youngstown State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s ranking. Located in Youngstown, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s programming students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Clemson University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 8 masters’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brandeis University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s ranking. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Aspen University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s programming degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #13, Kansas State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s programming degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Harvard University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s ranking. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 41 masters’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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University of Maryland - College Park ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 0 masters’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #13, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Programming Major for a Master’s list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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