2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s IT degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Technology at Capella University

#2

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree it students list, UNOMAHA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNOMAHA are $16,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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