2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in Arkansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Arkansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arkansas, there were 77 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in Arkansas

1

John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

#3 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Arkansas list. JBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

Strayer University - Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Arkansas list. This small school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *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.

Credits

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