by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Computer & IS Security is the 50th most popular major in the country with 22,829 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,597 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 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 Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer and IS security. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer and IS security program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.
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 Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 18 doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Southwest Region. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 11 doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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