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2022 Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
287 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,269 people earned their degree in computer systems analysis, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer systems analysis graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,189 and had an average of $37,013 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 450 computer systems analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,600 and $40,110 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 287 computer systems analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in computer systems analysis. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer systems analysis programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer systems analysis program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Analysis in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer systems degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Systems students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. DeVry University - Texas is located in Irving, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s computer systems degrees to qualified students.

DeVry University - Texas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $30,282 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Systems students per year to attend DeVry University - Texas.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 6 bachelors’s computer systems degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer systems students.

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#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s computer systems degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Systems students per year to attend NAU.

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#5

DeVry University - Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry University - Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer systems degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DeVry University - Arizona is $28,531 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer systems students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree computer systems students list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Systems students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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