2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 38,958 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2,326 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,582 and $30,582 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology 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 technology 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 IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$106,421 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree it students whose families make $0-$30k list, Capella University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. 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

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,809 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IT degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota State University are $11,809, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at Dakota State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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