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

10 Colleges
$49,252 Avg Salary
$28,012 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 Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online 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 Colleges.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great place for computer and information sciences students pursuing an online degree. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

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#4

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, Aspen University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent online programs at American InterContinental University - Online helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer and information sciences schools in the Southwest Region . AIU Online is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Sam Houston State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for computer and information sciences students. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Strayer University - Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Strayer University - Texas is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Austin.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Advancing Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for computer and information sciences students. Located in the midsize 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 10 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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