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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

6 Schools Ranked
$19,104 Avg Student Debt

With all the computer science programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in North Carolina to see which ones had the most popular online graduate 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

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
76 Total Awards
$7,594 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the most popular school in North Carolina for computer science students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 76 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 45% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
47 Total Awards
$8,265 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 47 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 34% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
5 Total Awards
$11,703 Average Tuition & Fees
$18,885 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. North Carolina State University is a large public school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 5 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Graduate Certificate recipients from NC State accumulate an average of $18,885 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Strayer University - North Carolina

Morrisville, North Carolina
$15,135 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Strayer University - North Carolina helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer science schools in North Carolina.

Strayer University - North Carolina is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#4

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina
10 Total Awards
$5,835 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Fayetteville State University is a public institution located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
$6,718 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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