2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Computer & Information Sciences

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 Other Computer Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Computer & Information Sciences is the 256th most popular major in the country with 1,326 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,177 and had an average of $20,758 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other computer and information sciences 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 other computer and information sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Computer Science Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other computer science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Computer & Information Sciences

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$12,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Computer Science Schools for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s other computer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech University are $12,690.

Read more about Other Computer & Information Sciences at Louisiana Tech University

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Computer Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 3 doctorate’s other computer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896.

Full Southern Miss Other Computer & Information Sciences Report

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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