2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 811 degrees and certificates were awarded to information technology students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #34 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona to see which graduate certificate 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.
Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology
Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the best value school in Arizona for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.
UOPX - Arizona also made our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Arizona is ranked #4 for overall quality for IT in Arizona.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,208 |
| Oklahoma | 53 |
| New Mexico | 36 |
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Information Technology Related Majors for IT
Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.