Grand Prairie, TX (population: 167,767) has twenty-one computer forensics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Texas Christian University, the highest ranked school in this group with a computer forensics program, has a total student population of 8,853. It is the 142nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Computer Forensics students from Grand Prairie schools who go on to become computer forensics specialists, computer security specialists, computer and information scientists, computer support specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 512,720 people working as computer systems analysts alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,430. Also, Computer specialists make on average $78,010 per year and there are about 195,890 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 1,780 employed computer specialists earning an average salary of $78,970. Computer systems analysts in this area earn $84,190/yr and there are 15,230 employed.
Grand Prairie lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 7.436 out of every 1000 jobs in Grand Prairie are held by computer systems analysts, and 0.871/1000 are held by computer specialists.
Of the 21 computer forensics schools with a 100-mile radius of Grand Prairie, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Southern Methodist University comes out as the most expensive ($28,682/yr) for computer forensics students, with Collin County Community College District as the lowest, reported at only $4,802/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Grand Prairie |
Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 6.4 miles |
Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 10.1 miles |
Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 12.1 miles |
Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 16.1 miles |
North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 16.5 miles |
Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.9 miles |
Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 17.7 miles |
Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 19.1 miles |
Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.6 miles |
Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 21.9 miles |
Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.9 miles |
Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.3 miles |
Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 25.1 miles |
Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 27.3 miles |
University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 29.4 miles |
Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 29.4 miles |
Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.3 miles |
Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 33.4 miles |
Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.5 miles |
Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 36.5 miles |
Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 52.2 miles |
Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 97.7 miles |