2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 14,700 people earned their degree in computer systems networking, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer systems networking graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,365 and had an average of $27,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 306 computer systems networking graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,774 and $20,779 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 computer systems networking graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer systems networking. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer systems networking.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree networking students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Networking in Minnesota

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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#6 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s networking degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computer Systems Networking at Capella University

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, Minnesota

#9 overall quality in Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Networking Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Computer Systems Networking at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Networking in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Networking

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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