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2023 Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,503 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,910 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Software & Applications Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 317 degrees and certificates were awarded to computer software and applications students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Washington to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for computer software 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for computer software majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Computer Software Applications

#1

Bellevue College

Bellevue, WA

Our analysis found Bellevue College to be the best value school for computer software and applications students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Washington. BC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellevue.

BC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,057 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, computer software majors at BC accumulate an average of around $18,986 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EWU are $7,922 per year. On average, computer software graduates from EWU take out $23,326 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at Eastern Washington University

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Bothell Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer software and applications schools in Washington. UW Bothell is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bothell.

UW Bothell undergraduate students pay an average of $11,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, computer software graduates from UW Bothell take out $16,464 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW Bothell is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CWU are $8,685 a year.

Read full report on Computer Software & Applications at Central Washington University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DigiPen Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Redmond, Digipen is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Digipen are $34,900 per year.

Digipen also made our Best Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #1.

Full Computer Software & Applications at DigiPen Institute of Technology Report

Best Value Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Software & Applications Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 951
Oregon 72
Nevada 8
Hawaii 17

One of 10 majors within the area of study, computer software and applications has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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