2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Idaho
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You
With 98 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #50 most popular major in Idaho.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Idaho ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Idaho to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Idaho Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in Idaho for information technology students working on their associate degree. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BYU - I are $4,416 a year.
BYU - I did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Idaho list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at College of Western Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Idaho. CWI is a fairly large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $4,336 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, IT majors at CWI accumulate an average of around $15,864 in student debt.
CWI also took the #2 spot in our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Idaho rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 326 |
| Utah | 2,982 |
| Montana | 3 |
| Wyoming | 19 |
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Information Technology Related Majors for IT
Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to IT
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 88,434 |
| Computer Science | 59,565 |
| Information Science | 18,325 |
| Computer Systems Networking | 14,700 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 14,336 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.
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