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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 158 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,470 and $14,969 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value IT Schools in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools in Idaho” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Best Value IT Schools in Idaho
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools in Idaho.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Western Idaho is a public institution located in Nampa, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 96 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CWI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $7,682 for idaho it students per year to attend CWI.
Full CWI Information Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools in Idaho. This large school is located in Rexburg, Idaho, and it awarded 25 ’s it degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU - I also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Schools in Idaho” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Idaho is $6,698 for Idaho IT students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Technology at BYU - I
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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