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2023 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools

47 Colleges
$31,794 Avg Salary
$19,871 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Computer Science Associate Degree School for You

With 59,565 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, computer science is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

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 Computer Science Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 47 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for computer science students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Computer Science Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Bunker Hill Community College the best school in the United States for computer science students working on their associate degree. BHCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

While working on their Associate Degree, compsci majors at BHCC accumulate an average of around $12,258 in student debt.

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#2

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grantham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools list. Grantham University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Lenexa.

CompSci majors at Grantham University take out an average of $21,717 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Area Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer science schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that compsci majors at LATI take out while working on their Associate Degree is $21,814.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Northern Virginia Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer science schools in the United States. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Annandale.

After completing their Associate Degree, compsci graduates from Northern Virginia Community College carry an average student debtload of $14,092.

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Out of the 47 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the # 5 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of McKinney.

On average, compsci graduates from Collin County Community College District take out $22,130 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#6

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

Normandale Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer science students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

While working on their Associate Degree, compsci majors at Normandale Community College accumulate an average of around $16,242 in student debt.

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#7

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

North Hennepin Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools ranking. North Hennepin Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.

While working on their Associate Degree, compsci majors at North Hennepin Community College accumulate an average of around $26,268 in student debt.

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#8

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #8, Ivy Tech Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for computer science students working on their associate degree. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average amount in student loans that compsci majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $16,566.

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Lake Washington Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools list. LWTech is a small public school located in the suburb of Kirkland.

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Southern New Hampshire University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Computer Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

CompSci Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
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 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

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