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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,726 people earned their degree in informatics, making the major the 246th 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 1 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in informatics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in informatics.
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 “Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree informatics students.
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 Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Informatics at UNOMAHA
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Informatics Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 43 doctorate’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Read more about Informatics at Iowa
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.