2024 Best Computer Science Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Computer Science is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Science Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 230 master's degrees in computer science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Computer Science Schools

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 Best Computer Science Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computer Science in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in computer science.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in Computer Science

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in computer science has to take a look at Georgetown University. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in computer science from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

174 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in computer science has to take a look at George Washington University. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a master’s in computer science from George Washington University

Best Computer Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Computer Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	1,856
Pennsylvania	607	463
Maryland	363	241
New Jersey	346	387
Delaware	151	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Computer Science

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space. More about our data sources and methodologies.