by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 22,829 people earned their degree in computer and IS security, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States.
Across Washington, there were 964 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 204 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in computer and IS security. That schools that top this list have a program in computer and IS security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Green River College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington list. This medium-sized school is located in Auburn, Washington, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Basin College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington list. Located in Pasco, Washington, this medium-sized public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highline College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington list. Located in Des Moines, Washington, this small public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City University of Seattle. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington. City University of Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Western Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington ranking. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 18 bachelors’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Western Washington University Computer & IS Security Report
Clark College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Washington ranking. Clark College is a public institution located in Vancouver, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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