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2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$112,216 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Computer Science is the #21 most popular major in the country with 15,813 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Computer Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Computer Science Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for computer science students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

About 14% of the students majoring in compsci at the school are women while 86% are male.

Full Computer Science at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 11% of the compsci majors at the school.

Full Computer Science at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Women make up 20% of the compsci majors at the school.

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#5

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, Aspen University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in compsci at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#5

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Tulsa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the compsci majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in compsci at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Computer Science at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

Southern Methodist 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 the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Computer Science at Southern Methodist University

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree computer science programs. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Full Computer Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Report

#9

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Full Computer Science at Texas State University Report

Best Computer Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computer science schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 381
Arizona 589
Oklahoma 61
New Mexico 14

One of 9 majors within the area of study, computer science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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