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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Nevada” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 254,454 computer and information sciences students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. 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 Nevada, there were 945 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,038 and $35,110 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,876 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Nevada” ranking analyzed 3 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 nevada master’s degree computer & information sciences students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 71 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at UNLV
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 10 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at UNR
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Nevada landed the #3 spot on the list. DeVry University - Nevada is located in Henderson, Nevada and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full DeVry University - Nevada Computer & Information Sciences Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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