2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Idaho, there were 284 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,250 and $26,053 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Idaho

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s compsci degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112.

Read more about Computer Science at U of I

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Master’s in Idaho list. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 21 masters’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computer Science at Boise State University

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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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