by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Management Information Systems is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 13,680 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,647 and had an average of $24,340 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 778 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,586 and $27,070 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 204 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in management information systems. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their management information systems program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minot State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region list. MSU is located in Minot, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s MIS degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grantham University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in Lenexa, Kansas. It awarded 54 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Management Information Systems at Grantham University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 98 masters’s MIS degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Management Information Systems at Webster University
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Iowa, and it awarded 7 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Management Information Systems at Maharishi International University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s MIS students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Management Information Systems at Friends University
Walden University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 14 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full Walden University Management Information Systems Report
Capella University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s MIS degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Full Capella University Management Information Systems Report
Lindenwood University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 0 masters’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Management Information Systems at Lindenwood University
DeVry University - Missouri came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s MIS students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Management Information Systems at DeVry University - Missouri
University of South Dakota landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s MIS students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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