2023 Most Well Attended Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

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Computer & IS Security is the 50th most popular major in the country with 22,829 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,481 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 computer and IS security graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer and IS security. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular computer and IS security programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Plains States Region

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 55 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance students in 2020-2021.

Full Capella University Computer & IS Security Report

2

Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

Full Dakota State Computer & IS Security Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.