by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Connecticut, there were 257 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,829 and $25,021 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in computer science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular computer science programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree compsci students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #1 spot on the list. UBridgeport is a small school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut that handed out 20 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Middletown, Connecticut, and it awarded 41 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Connecticut for a Master’s list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 0 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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