2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Software & Applications in Arizona

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Software & Applications is the 84th most popular major in the country with 14,336 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer software and applications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,619 and had an average of $33,819 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 299 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,353 and $37,081 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computer software and applications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer software and applications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree computer software students.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Software & Applications in Arizona

1

University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, Arizona

$23,801 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s computer software degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computer Software & Applications at University of Advancing Technology

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

$33,062 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,000 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 110 bachelors’s computer software degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Computer Software & Applications at University of Arizona

3

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Tempe, Arizona

#1 overall quality in Arizona

$53,600 Average Early-Career Earnings

$44,990 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at University of Phoenix - Arizona

4

DeVry University - Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

$29,529 Average Early-Career Earnings

$48,244 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. DeVry University - Arizona is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s computer software degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at DeVry University - Arizona

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Software & Applications in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Software & Applications

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

Footnotes

• *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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