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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Iowa for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Iowa, there were 755 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,729 and $24,135 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 309 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,865 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Iowa 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.
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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 Iowa for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Iowa for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Iowa for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #1 spot on the list. MIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Iowa. It awarded 289 masters’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer Science at Maharishi International University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CompSci Major in Iowa for a Master’s list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s compsci degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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