2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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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 Iowa, there were 713 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,333 and $20,931 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 353 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 37 masters’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computer Science at Iowa State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (With Aid)

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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