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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,438 people earned their degree in other computer software and media applications, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across Massachusetts, there were 539 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 376 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other computer software and media applications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other computer software and media applications.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berklee College of Music. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 338 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Full Berklee College of Music Other Computer Software & Media Applications Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Wellesley College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Wellesley Other Computer Software & Media Applications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer software and media applications students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at WPI
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elms College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major in Massachusetts list. This small school is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at Elms College
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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
- *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.
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