2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 232 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,500 and $25,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,719 and $18,083 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Connecticut” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut associate degree compsci students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Connecticut

#1

Norwalk Community College

Norwalk, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,393 Average Net Price

$44,384 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwalk Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Connecticut list. NCC is a small school located in Norwalk, Connecticut that handed out 19 associates’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NCC is $7,393 for connecticut associate degree compsci students.

Read full report on Computer Science at NCC

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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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