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2023 Best Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$14,913 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$12,332 Avg Student Debt*

With all the computer science programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Utah to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for computer science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
13 Total Awards
$12,734 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Salt Lake Community College the best value school in Utah for computer science students working on their undergraduate certificate. Salt Lake Community College is a large public school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 13 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $12,734 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,470 in student loans.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Salt Lake Community College. In fact, around 48% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality in Utah.

Full Salt Lake Community College Report

82 Total Awards
$17,092 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great place for computer science students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 82 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year.

Online courses are available at UVU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 70% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

UVU also took the #1 spot in our Best Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah rankings.

Full Utah Valley University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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