2022 Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Accounting & Computer Science is the 353rd most popular major in the country with 90 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, accounting and computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,100 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 48 accounting and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 accounting and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and computer science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting and computer science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree accounting & compsci students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Accounting & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s accounting and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Accounting & Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Accounting & Computer Science at Texas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting & Computer Science

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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