2024 Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
837
Associate Degrees
Computer & IS Security is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #40 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 837 associate degrees in computer & is security during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Computer & IS Security School for Your Associate Degree
The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer & is security students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other computer & is security students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer & is security related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer & is security students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Computer & IS Security Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer & IS Security Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.