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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Computer Software & Media Applications is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,438 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
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 “Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other computer software and media applications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular other computer software and media applications programs in the United States.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The computer software and media applications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computer software and media applications students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on 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 University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computer software and media applications degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on Other Computer Software & Media Applications at UC Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computer Software and Media Applications Major for a Doctorate list. 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 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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
- *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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