2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Computer Support Specialist is the 398th most popular major in the country with 2,826 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 256 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 computer support specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer support specialist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer support specialist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer support specialist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree computer support specialist students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist in the Southwest Region

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,320 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rio Salado College is a fairly large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 30 associates’s computer support specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree computer support specialist students list, Rio Salado College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Computer Support Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,320 for southwest region associate degree computer support specialist students per year to attend Rio Salado College.

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#2

Strayer University - Texas

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$25,902 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Support Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s computer support specialist students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - Texas, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Support Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Texas is $25,902 for southwest region associate degree computer support specialist students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Support Specialist

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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