2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 83 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the informatics 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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The informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree informatics students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 2 doctorate’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Informatics at University of Iowa

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s informatics students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Informatics at UNOMAHA

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics

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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