Highest Job Growth Master's Computer Science Programs

These are the highest job growth master's computer science programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Southern California leading at 18.4%.

Rank	Institution	State	Growth	Completers
1	University of Southern California	CA	18.4%	1,185
2	University of Central Missouri	MO	18.4%	1,170
3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	18.4%	840
4	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	18.4%	742
5	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	18.4%	728
6	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	18.4%	648
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	18.4%	595
8	University of California-San Diego	CA	18.4%	499
9	University of Dayton	OH	18.4%	463
10	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	18.4%	391
11	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	18.4%	383
12	Stanford University	CA	18.4%	383
13	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	18.4%	362
14	Maharishi International University	IA	18.4%	334
15	Northwest Missouri State University	MO	18.4%	320
16	Lewis University	IL	18.4%	294
17	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	18.4%	291
18	Cornell University	NY	18.4%	290
19	Wichita State University	KS	18.4%	275
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	18.4%	265
21	Stony Brook University	NY	18.4%	246
22	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	18.4%	242
23	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	18.4%	231
24	Boston University	MA	18.4%	227
25	University of Chicago	IL	18.4%	217
26	California State University-Long Beach	CA	18.4%	206
27	University of California-Irvine	CA	18.4%	205
28	University of Pennsylvania	PA	18.4%	194
29	Lamar University	TX	18.4%	192
30	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	18.4%	190
31	Kennesaw State University	GA	18.4%	189
32	Northwestern University	IL	18.4%	181
33	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	18.4%	179
34	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	18.4%	174
35	Binghamton University	NY	18.4%	168
36	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	18.4%	162
37	University of California-Riverside	CA	18.4%	159
38	Auburn University at Montgomery	AL	18.4%	157
39	University of New Haven	CT	18.4%	155
40	Cleveland State University	OH	18.4%	155
41	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	18.4%	153
42	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	18.4%	151
43	Governors State University	IL	18.4%	144
44	University of Bridgeport	CT	18.4%	143
45	Washington University in St Louis	MO	18.4%	142
46	Brown University	RI	18.4%	129
47	Campbellsville University	KY	18.4%	128
48	California State University-East Bay	CA	18.4%	124
49	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	18.4%	123
50	George Washington University	DC	18.4%	121

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes master's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.