2022 Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 613 computer systems analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,450 and $35,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 128 computer systems analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree computer systems students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Analysis in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Springfield, Illinois, and it awarded 49 masters’s computer systems degrees in 2019-2020.

UIS also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Springfield are $16,757, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer systems degrees to 79 students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Systems Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Computer Systems Analysis at UIC

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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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