2023 Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Maine 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 Maine, there were 145 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Science at University of Maine

2

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#9 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Science Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer science degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Science at University of Southern Maine

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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