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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
401 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Southwest region, there were 2,157 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 401 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in computer and IS security. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer and IS security programs, but they also cost less that 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 and IS security program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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 the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students list, UOPX - Arizona has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 268 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Okmulgee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU Institute of Technology, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,500 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance students per year to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Advancing Technology is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 4 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students list, University of Advancing Technology has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,440 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students per year to attend University of Advancing Technology.

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#6

Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Our Lady of the Lake University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Our Lady of the Lake University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to qualified students.

OLLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Our Lady of the Lake University is $17,537 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.

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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%.

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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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