2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,160 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,383 and $35,255 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Software & Applications in the Far Western US Region

1

Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region list. Naval Postgraduate School is located in Monterey, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s computer software degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Computer Software & Applications at Naval Postgraduate School

2

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s computer software degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of California - Santa Cruz Computer Software & Applications Report

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University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California

#23 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a large public school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 70 doctorate’s computer software degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Computer Software & Applications at UC Irvine

• Most Focused Doctor’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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