2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,431 people earned their degree in informatics, making the major the 278th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 106 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality informatics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the informatics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s informatics students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree informatics students list, NAU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489.

Read more about Informatics at Northern Arizona 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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