2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,333 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology 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 information technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The it 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 IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

South Central College

North Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,175 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Central College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. South Central College is located in North Mankato, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree it students list, South Central College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Central College is $10,175 for plains states region associate degree it students.

Read more about Information Technology at South Central College

#2

Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$7,223 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Southeastern Community College is a public institution located in West Burlington, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southeastern Community College is $7,223 for Plains States Region Associate Degree IT students.

Full Southeastern Community College Information Technology Report

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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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