2024 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Florida

If you plan on getting your associate degree in computer science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #35 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for computer science students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 associate degrees in computer science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other computer science students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer science students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer science students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Computer Science in Florida

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in computer science.

Top Florida Schools for an Associate in CompSci

1

Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, FL

It is difficult to beat Florida Polytechnic University if you wish to pursue an associate degree in computer science. Florida Poly is a small public university located in the rural area of Lakeland.More information about a associate in computer science from Florida Polytechnic University

2

Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL

16 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Full Sail University if you wish to pursue an associate degree in computer science. Full Sail University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the suburb of Winter Park.More information about a associate in computer science from Full Sail University

Best Computer Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	51
Arkansas	105	0
Tennessee	102	3
Virginia	97	345
West Virginia	92	3
Louisiana	80	17

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Computer Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

CompSci Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	16

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Information Technology	651
Computer Information Systems	575
Computer Programming	415
Computer Software & Applications	390
Computer Systems Networking	21
Information Science	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space. More about our data sources and methodologies.