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2023 Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$29,148 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 59,565 computer science students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Computer Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Computer Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

Our 2023 rankings named University of Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

U of I did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Montana 136
Wyoming 63
Colorado 1,401
Utah 1,366
Idaho 269

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 values are for the top school 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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