2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Idaho

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 “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s” 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 Idaho, there were 271 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,495 and $23,256 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Idaho

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#3 overall quality in Idaho

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 17 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Science at University of Idaho

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Boise State University
Boise, Idaho

#1 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Idaho for a Master’s. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s compsci students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer Science at Boise State University

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• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science

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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