by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate” ranking.
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 Virginia, there were 710 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,350 and $21,823 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 345 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in computer science. To top this list, a school must have a successful computer science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree compsci students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a large public school situated in Annandale, Virginia. It awarded 296 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Tyler Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Chester, Virginia, and it awarded 18 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont Virginia Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate list. PVCC is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 associates’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s compsci students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate. Vienna, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s compsci degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Western Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate ranking. Roanoke, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s compsci degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer Science at Virginia Western Community College
With a ranking of #6, University of Management and Technology did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Virginia for an Associate list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Arlington, Virginia. It awarded 1 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Management and Technology Computer Science Report
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