2022 Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Resources Management is the 417th most popular major in the country with 1,160 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 80 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information resources management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information resources management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree information resources management students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Resources Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s information resources management degrees to qualified students.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

Read full report on Information Resources Management at Capella University

#2

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$4,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Information Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the #2 spot on the list. Grantham University is a medium-sized school located in Lenexa, Kansas that handed out 18 masters’s information resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

Grantham University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grantham University are $4,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Resources Management at Grantham University

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Notes and References

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

Footnotes

• *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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