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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

3 Schools Ranked
$21,987 Avg Tuition & Fees*

A computer science student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education opportunities 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 many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones had the most popular online basic certificate programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Delaware County Community College

Media, Pennsylvania
3 Total Awards
$9,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware County Community College to be the most popular school for computer science students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. This medium-sized public school is located in Media, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Delaware County Community College is $9,900. Out-of-state students pay an average of $13,740. Of those students who received their degree, 33% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Peirce College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 Total Awards
$15,060 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Peirce College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Peirce does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $15,060. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Peirce. Every undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania
1 Total Awards
$41,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, DeSales University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2020-2021.

DeSales does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $41,000. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid.

In 2019-2020 about 66% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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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