2022 Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains 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 MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 14,198 people earned their degree in management information systems, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $56,157 and had an average of $27,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,737 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,773 and $25,541 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in management information systems. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great management information systems programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the management information systems program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Community College of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$9,304 Average Net Price

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. CCD is a medium-sized public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 26 associates’s MIS degrees in 2019-2020.

CCD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Community College of Denver is $9,304 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree MIS students.

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#2

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$11,968 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value MIS Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 9 associates’s MIS degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Weber State University is $11,968 for rocky mountains region associate degree mis students.

Read full report on Management Information Systems at WSU

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems

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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