2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Computer Interaction in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,857 people earned their degree in human computer interaction, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human computer interaction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $58,809 and had an average of $26,507 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 64 human computer interaction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 human computer interaction graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Human Computer Interaction Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human computer interaction. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular human computer interaction programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Human Computer Interaction Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree human computer interaction students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Computer Interaction in the Southwest Region

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Computer Interaction Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 38 masters’s human computer interaction degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full ASU - Tempe Human Computer Interaction Report

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

#1 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Computer Interaction Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #2 spot on the list. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s human computer interaction degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Rice University Human Computer Interaction Report

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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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