2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Maine, there were 341 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,683 and $33,436 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computer and information sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer and information sciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree computer & information sciences students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Maine

1

Thomas College
Waterville, Maine

#15 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 6 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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3

University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, Maine

#14 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 57 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#9 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at University of Southern Maine

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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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