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2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

12 Colleges
$20,386 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,430 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 60,971 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, computer and information sciences is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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. 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 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for computer and information sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for computer and information sciences majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the best value school in the Southwest Region for computer and information sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UOPX - Arizona is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $17,220 in tuition and fees each year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate computer and information sciences programs. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 a year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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Best Computer & Information Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best computer and information sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,583
Texas 3,780
Oklahoma 166
New Mexico 100

Computer & Information Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817
Computer Systems Networking 720
Computer Programming 490
Other Computer & Information Sciences 443
Data Processing 205

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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 Almonroth.

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