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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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer Science is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 60,631 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Colorado, there were 1,527 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 242 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,479 and $43,848 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. That schools that top this list have a program in computer science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree computer science students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 48 masters’s computer science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 58 masters’s computer science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, 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 87%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #4 spot on the list. UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s computer science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer science students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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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