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2023 Best Value Computer Software Applications Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$32,904 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Software & Applications Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, computer software and applications students earned 106 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

There are so many computer science programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Software Applications Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Computer Software & Applications Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Computer Software & Applications Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for computer software and applications students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GWU are $32,904 a year.

GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Computer Software Applications Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 75
Pennsylvania 509
New York 1,261
New Jersey 107
Delaware 35

Computer Software & Applications is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

Computer Software Concentrations

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 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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