2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in general information science, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 615 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general information science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

More Ways to Rank General Information Science Schools

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 Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,809 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Madison, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2019-2020.

Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota State are $11,809, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Information Science at Dakota State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science (With Aid)

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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