Computer Systems Analysis is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #141 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for computer systems analysis students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 395 master's degrees in computer systems analysis to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Systems Analysis School for Your Master's Degree
The computer systems master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer systems analysis students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computer systems analysis students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt computer systems analysis students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer systems analysis related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer systems analysis students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Systems Analysis Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Computer Systems Analysis Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
To stay competitive in today's information technology world, employees need to have training that goes beyond traditional computer programming and IT expertise.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in computer systems analysis has to check out University of Florida. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
Soon after graduating, computer systems master's recipients usually earn around $72,862 at the beginning of their careers.
University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in computer systems analysis. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's recipients from the computer systems analysis degree program at University of South Florida - Main Campus earn $11,068 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in computer systems analysis needs to look into Florida International University. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, computer systems master's recipients usually make around $64,550 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).