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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree computer software and media applications students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 2 doctorate’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at UC Santa Cruz
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s computer software and media applications degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Computer Software & Media Applications at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software and Media Applications Major. WPI is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 31 doctorate’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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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