by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” 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 2020-2021, 59,565 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Connecticut, there were 257 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in computer science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular computer science programs in the United States.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree computer science students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer science students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middletown, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s computer science degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 0 masters’s computer science 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%.
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