2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Plains States Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 615 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,529 and $23,404 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.
Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Dakota State is located in Madison, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s IS degrees to qualified students.
Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota State University are $11,809.
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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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