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2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
330 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Computer Science is the 19th most popular major in the country with 53,722 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,561 and had an average of $23,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 617 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,940 and $20,405 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 330 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in computer science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified bachelors’s compsci students in 2019-2020.

William & Mary also made our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend William & Mary is $20,416 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full William & Mary Computer Science Report

#2

Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Military Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. Lexington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s compsci degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

VMI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $15,615 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend VMI.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read full report on Computer Science at Virginia Military Institute

#3

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Radford, Virginia, this fairly large public school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s compsci students in 2019-2020.

Radford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Radford is $19,604 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Radford University Computer Science Report

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 19 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GMU is $23,266 for virginia bachelor’s degree compsci students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Computer Science at GMU

#5

Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Longwood University landed the #5 spot on the list. Longwood is a small school located in Farmville, Virginia that handed out 20 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Longwood, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Longwood is $22,018 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Longwood University Computer Science Report

#6

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, Virginia

Christopher Newport University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This small school is located in Newport News, Virginia, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $26,659 for virginia bachelor’s degree compsci students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend CNU.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Computer Science at Christopher Newport University

#7

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

Regent University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia bachelor’s degree compsci students whose families make $75-$110k list, Regent has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $15,510 for virginia bachelor’s degree compsci students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Regent University.

Full Regent Computer Science Report

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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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