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2023 Best Value Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,656 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,419 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Information Technology is the #13 most popular major in South Dakota with 190 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Information Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which bachelor's 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

Check out the IT bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Information Technology

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Our analysis found Dakota State University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Madison, Dakota State is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dakota State are $9,633 a year. IT majors at Dakota State take out an average of $25,603 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Dakota State also made our Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 843
Kansas 147
Iowa 182
Nebraska 398
North Dakota 37

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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