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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer & Information Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 254,454 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 1,404 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,141 and $31,885 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in computer and information sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in computer and information sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree computer & information sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia list. Catholic University of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at Catholic University of America
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at GWU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computer and information sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at Howard University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in District of Columbia list. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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%.
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- *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.
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