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2024 Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in Utah

6 Colleges in Utah
1,102 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
$44,623 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in computer software & applications is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #84 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of computer software & applications. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,102 degrees in computer software & applications during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Software & Applications School

Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in Utah Your choice of computer software & applications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer software & applications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Computer Software & Applications Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Computer Software
Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Software
Master's Degrees in Computer Software

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computer Software & Applications Schools in Utah list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Computer Software & Applications in Utah

The schools below may not offer all types of computer software degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Utah Schools in Computer Software

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Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
634 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
50.5% Growth in Graduates

Western Governors University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in computer software & applications. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #146 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WGU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 634 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at WGU in the most recent data year. Those computer software & applications students who get their degree from Western Governors University earn $48,653 more than the typical computer software student.

More information about a degree in computer software & applications from Western Governors University

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
138 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
36.2% Growth in Graduates

University of Utah is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer software & applications. U of U is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 138 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the computer software & applications major at University of Utah make $7,399 above the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a degree in computer software & applications from University of Utah

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
37 Computer Software Degrees Awarded
$74,119 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in computer software & applications needs to take a look at Neumont College of Computer Science. Neumont is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

There were about 37 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at Neumont in the most recent year we have data available. Those computer software & applications students who get their degree from Neumont College of Computer Science make $29,496 more than the typical computer software grad.

More information about a degree in computer software & applications from Neumont College of Computer Science

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In UT
81 Computer Software Degrees Awarded

Utah State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in computer software & applications. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 81 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In UT
71.4% Growth in Graduates

BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 14 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in computer software & applications from Brigham Young University - Provo

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In UT
33 Computer Software Degrees Awarded

WSU is a very large public university located in the city of Ogden. This university ranks 6th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 33 computer software & applications students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in computer software & applications from Weber State University


 

Best Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Colorado 275 152
Idaho 219 162
Montana 188 3
Wyoming 162 0

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One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Software & Applications has other similar majors worth exploring.

Computer Software Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration 722
Web & Multimedia Design 206
Other Computer Software & Media Applications 138
Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation 22
Computer Graphics 14

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Information Technology 3,051
Computer Information Systems 2,511
Computer Science 1,371
Computer Programming 937
Computer Systems Networking 507
Information Science 358

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