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2023 Best Value Computer Software Applications Doctor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,477 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Software & Applications Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 14,336 computer software and applications students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Software Applications Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for computer software 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer Software & Applications Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the computer software doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Computer Software Applications

Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the best value school for computer software and applications students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgia Tech also did well on our Best Computer Software Applications Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Santa Cruz helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer software and applications schools in the United States. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz graduate students pay an average of $28,997 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Baltimore is a great value for computer software and applications students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UB is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UB are $22,100 a year.

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Computer Software & Applications by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, computer software and applications has other similar majors worth exploring.

Computer Software Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Web & Multimedia Design 5,300
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration 3,756
Computer Graphics 2,988
Other Computer Software & Media Applications 1,438
Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation 854

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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