2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Informatics is the 278th most popular major in the country with 2,431 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 83 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in informatics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent informatics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the informatics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s informatics students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Informatics at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 2 masters’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Informatics at UMN Twin Cities

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s informatics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa Informatics Report

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 19 masters’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Informatics at Saint Louis University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Informatics (With Aid)

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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