by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan” 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 Michigan, there were 379 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,949 and $38,105 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in computer software and applications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer software and applications.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Davenport University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan. This medium-sized school is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 9 masters’s computer software degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 49 degrees to qualified masters’s computer software students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Detroit Mercy landed the #3 spot on the list. Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
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