2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 59,565 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,538 and had an average of $23,620 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 675 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,366 and $23,862 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,648 and $22,451 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. That schools that top this list have a program in computer science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana

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

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Louisiana

1

Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baton Rouge Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana. BRCC is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s compsci degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Computer Science at Baton Rouge Community College

2

Southern University at Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana

#22 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University at Shreveport. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana. This small school is located in Shreveport, Louisiana, and it awarded 1 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Science at Southern University at Shreveport

3

Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe, Louisiana

#24 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Delta Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s compsci students in 2020-2021.

Full LDCC 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

• *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.

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