2023 Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Computer & Information Sciences is the 262nd most popular major in the country with 1,755 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,020 and had an average of $19,656 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 562 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,543 and $20,490 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other computer and information sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other computer and information sciences programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region other computer science students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Other Computer & Information Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$12,213 Average Net Price

$47,887 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified ’s other computer science students in 2020-2021.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris State University is $12,213 for Great Lakes Region Other Computer Science students.

Full Ferris Other Computer & Information Sciences Report

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$31,101 Average Net Price

$58,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Computer Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Notre Dame, Indiana. It awarded 8 ’s other computer science degrees in 2020-2021.

Notre Dame did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $31,101 for Great Lakes Region Other Computer Science students per year to attend Notre Dame.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Read full report on Other Computer & Information Sciences at University of Notre Dame

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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

• *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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