2022 Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 20,700 people earned their degree in computer and IS security, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 211 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer and IS security. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer and IS security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer and IS security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$16,486 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UCCS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is $16,486 for colorado bachelor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Read full report on Computer & IS Security at UCCS

#2

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$16,435 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. This large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 140 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $16,435 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students per year to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs.

Full Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Computer & IS Security Report

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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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