2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
A computer science student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 and bootcamps 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 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Pennsylvania to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
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Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the most popular school for computer science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 74 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 16% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Carnegie Mellon. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 6% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. University of Pennsylvania is a large private not-for-profit school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 24% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that UPenn does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular computer science schools in Pennsylvania. This large public school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 13% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Pitt does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 16% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Out of the 7 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 30% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Temple, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 7 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 43% were women.
Drexel does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Robert Morris University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at RMU. In 2019-2020 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for computer science students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Lehigh does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 24% 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
- 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%.
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