2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 59,565 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. 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 Kentucky, there were 103 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,888 and $26,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,023 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree compsci students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Kentucky

1

Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky

#12 overall quality in Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbellsville University landed the #1 spot on the list. Campbellsville University is located in Campbellsville, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s compsci degrees to qualified students.

Full Campbellsville University Computer Science Report

2

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky

#6 overall quality in Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s compsci degrees to qualified students.

Full NKU 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.

Credits

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