2022 Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 617 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 274 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Virginia

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Science Schools for an Associate in Virginia list. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 247 associates’s computer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for Virginia Associate Degree Computer Science students.

Read more about Computer Science at Northern Virginia Community College

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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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