2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Systems in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,269 people earned their degree in information systems, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 613 information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 128 information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information systems programs, but they also cost less that 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 systems program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Systems in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. UIS is a small school located in Springfield, Illinois that handed out 49 masters’s info systems degrees in 2019-2020.

UIS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIS are $16,757, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Systems at UIS

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 79 masters’s info systems degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Systems at University of Illinois at Chicago

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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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