2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in North Dakota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 North Dakota” 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 North Dakota, there were 323 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,334 and $31,629 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,116 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in North Dakota

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 Computer & Information Sciences at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computer and information sciences degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at University of North Dakota

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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

• *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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