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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Schools in Pennsylvania

2 Colleges
$78,562 Avg Salary
$27,446 Avg Student Debt

Computer Science is the #23 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 1,957 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Computer Science Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

Check out the online compsci programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Pennsylvania.

#1

Central Penn College

Summerdale, PA

Our analysis found Central Penn College to be the most popular school for computer science students who want to pursue an online degree in Pennsylvania. Central Penn is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Summerdale.

The average amount in student loans that compsci majors at Central Penn take out is $48,012.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer Science Schools in Pennsylvania list. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

While working on their degree, compsci majors at Drexel accumulate an average of around $31,000 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $507.

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Best Computer Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 6,508
Maryland 1,639
New Jersey 853
District of Columbia 494
Delaware 74

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Computer Science is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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