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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

4 Schools Ranked
$25,711 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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

Colorado State University - Global Campus

Greenwood Village, Colorado
45 Total Awards
$23,015 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Global Campus the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in Greenwood Village, Colorado that handed out 45 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $23,015 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 44% were women.

Colorado State University - Global Campus is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus Report

55 Total Awards
$13,313 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer science schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 55 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 35% were women.

Around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Regis University

Denver, Colorado
14 Total Awards
$15,079 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great place for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Denver, Colorado, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 21% were women.

Around 69% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Regis University Report

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
4 Total Awards
$9,912 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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