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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,867 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer and IS security. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer and IS security.
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The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capitol Technology University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capitol Technology University is located in Laurel, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Capitol Tech
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Computer & IS Security Report
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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
- *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.
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