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2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$9,077 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,430 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, computer and information sciences students earned 3,780 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer & Information Sciences

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for computer and information sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $8,666 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas Tech are $9,518 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in Texas. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TWU are $7,704 a year.

Full Computer & Information Sciences at Texas Woman’s University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $8,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in Texas. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTSA are $9,479 a year.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

With a ranking of #6, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer and information sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $9,060 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 medium-sized city of Richardson.

UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $15,088 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,583
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 8 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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