by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking.
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 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 “Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computer and information sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful computer and information sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree computer & information sciences students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Thomas College is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 5 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine Computer & Information Sciences Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Augusta, Maine, and it awarded 57 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer & Information Sciences Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 31 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at University of Southern Maine
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