2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona

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 IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 28,174 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.

Across Arizona, there were 2,024 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 780 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Arizona

#1

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$12,944 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 752 associates’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,944 for Arizona Associate Degree IT students.

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#2

DeVry University - Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$28,531 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. DeVry University - Arizona is a small private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DeVry University - Arizona is $28,531 for Arizona Associate Degree IT students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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