2024 Best Colleges for Computer Software and Media Applications

SUMMARY

Majoring in Computer Software and Media Applications is not only a valuable choice, but commonly a required first step for undergraduates seeking to pursue a career as a media software developer, an embedded software engineer, or a principal software engineer. Interestingly, computer software and media applications is pretty common ranking as the 102nd most popular area of study. Last year, there were 3,499 computer software and media applications graduates. In-state tuition for computer software and media applications at private schools is, on average, 3.4 times more spendy than their public fellows.

There are 201 schools which offer computer software and media applications. This number of institutions is fairly average in terms of the number of institutions which offer each degree. If you're looking to surround yourself with other computer software and media applications majors, consider institutions in New York which have the most students admitted to computer software and media applications annually. Zooming out, the best region to get a degree in computer software and media applications is in the Mid East region with The New School, Rochester Institute of Technology, and School of Visual Arts best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the top conference to study computer software and media applications is the Big Ten Conference with University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, and Purdue University-Main Campus representing the conference. That being said, our choice for the best school for computer software and media applications is University of Southern California. You might also want to check out our list of the best colleges.

The overall best school might not actually be the best school for every student. There are a bunch more facets to consider when deciding on institution. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely alter your inclinations on where to go to college. At Authority, we evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which computer software and media applications college boasts the best campus, the answer is New York University. If, for example, you are very interested in which college has the finest campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more so we can evaluate every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our well researched list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and, from that list, our pick of the college with the best student life for computer software and media applications is University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about our top choices. Some of our decisions just might shock you.

If price is a major influence in your decisions, you might be cautious about University of Southern California. University of Southern California&nbspappears to be our most expensive university for computer software and media applications, at least regarding out of state enrollment. We have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspcolleges that might put the price tag at University of Southern California&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you may be interested to know that computer software and media applications is the 164th most expensive degree in the United States, with an average cost of $32,700. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for computer software and media applications in the country is Massachusetts with expenses at the main three institutions of $52,420 at Northeastern University, amounting to $55,728 at Wellesley College, and costs totalling $55,728 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Even more broadly, the most costly region for computer software and media applications is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Northeastern University with a cost of $52,420, Wellesley College with a cost of $55,728, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a cost of $51,604.

Our cheapest region for computer software and media applications is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Brigham Young University-Idaho with a cost of $4,208, Brigham Young University-Provo with a cost of $5,790, and Western Governors University with a cost of $6,380. In better news, the most affordable school for computer software and media applications is Florida Polytechnic University. Our comprehensive list of the most affordable colleges can be found here.

In-state students can anticipate paying about $9,700 for a degree in computer software and media applications. The price balloons intensely to a median of $23,600 for the out-of-state public-school student. As such, you might be interested in our choice for the school with the best value for computer software and media applications: University of Southern California. Here you can see our comprehensive list about the colleges we see as being the best value&nbspin general. Bear in mind, this section is based on being an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but we do not know where you live (and are not trying to collect that kind of data).

Earnings for computer software and media applications students can cover a wide range, but two years after finishing the degree graduates will regularly earn around $82,000. There is a lot of variation in salary; highest paid earners can experience pay up to $133,800. Even right out of school, the lowest earning jobs within the computer software and media applications space make $50,100, which could be worse. The top earning graduates for computer software and media applications have come from Worcester Polytechnic Institute&nbspand if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The prevailing diversity of computer software and media applications sits very high, falling in the 95th percentile of majors nationally. The college with the highest composite diversity for computer software and media applications is New York University&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of the Computer Software and Media Applications major only ranks within the 39th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is greater than financial diversity, ranking in the 89th percentile. White students make up the largest proportion at 44% of students studying computer software and media applications. Additionally, 57% of undergraduates pursuing a computer software and media applications degree are men.

The median ranking for computer software and media applications professors is 4.5 stars, a ranking which is 13% higher than the median score across all majors; this is a pretty good ranking. If you want to find the most popular computer software and media applications instructor in the country, look no further than Jason Roberts from Cosumnes River College. It may be surprising, but the top rated instructors for computer software and media applications from student rankings are found at University of Washington-Seattle Campus. As we consider data beyond just rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the best instructors for computer software and media applications is New York University. You will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the top instructors nationwide.

Finally, the hardest university to get into for computer software and media applications is Hampshire College. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we do have an extensive page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that considering university through a lens only formed from superlatives can cause issues. We at Authority encourage you to look at some of our more focused pages on different topics and peruse a couple of our background pages on beneficial details to think about as you progress with your school search.