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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 2,635 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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 by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IT degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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