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2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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$65,430 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Online 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 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Of the 250 students majoring in computer and information sciences at UOPX - Arizona, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

Women make up 78% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a great place for computer and information sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

Women make up 71% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American InterContinental University - Online landed the # 4 spot on the list. AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

Of the 3 students majoring in computer and information sciences at AIU Online, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great place for computer and information sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in computer and information sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Sam Houston State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Strayer University - Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Strayer University - Texas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Austin.

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University of Advancing Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, University of Advancing Technology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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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