2023 Most Focused Master’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 Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 254,454 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, computer and information sciences is the 6th most popular major in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer and information sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’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

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer and information sciences students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in North Dakota list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer and information sciences 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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