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2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,978 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Information Systems Associate Degree School for You

Computer Information Systems is the most popular major in Pennsylvania with 3,773 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for CIS students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Check out the CIS associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Computer Information Systems

Our analysis found Community College of Philadelphia to be the best value school for computer information systems students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Community College of Philadelphia undergraduate students pay an average of $8,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year. CIS majors at Community College of Philadelphia take out an average of $12,802 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Computer Information Systems at Community College of Philadelphia Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Allegheny County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

CCAC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that CIS majors at CCAC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $18,038.

Full Computer Information Systems at Community College of Allegheny County Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Edinboro is a small public school located in the town of Edinboro.

Edinboro undergraduate students pay an average of $10,543 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Mansfield University is a small public school located in the town of Mansfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mansfield University are $10,682 per year.

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#5

Peirce College

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Peirce College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Peirce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Peirce are $15,060 per year.

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Best Value Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 2,210
New York 5,696
New Jersey 3,112
District of Columbia 137
Delaware 250

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, computer information systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

CIS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences 51,681
Information Technology 31,531
Informatics 2,726
Other Computer & Information Sciences 1,887
Artificial Intelligence 518
Human-Centered Technology Design 91

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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