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2023 Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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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Top Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$42,932 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Pennsylvania to be the best school for computer science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania.

UPenn does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$47,347 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Carnegie Mellon. In 2019-2020 about 6% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
$27,130 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Lehigh. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$37,074 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 4 spot on the list.

Drexel does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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$25,248 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Pitt. In fact, around 16% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$18,278 Average Tuition & Fees

Temple University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Temple does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#7

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Robert Morris University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at RMU. In fact, around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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