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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 182 degrees and certificates were awarded to information technology students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #63 most popular major in the state.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.

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.

Check out the IT graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

Full Information Technology at Iowa State University Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 843
Kansas 147
Nebraska 398
North Dakota 37
South Dakota 190

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 values are for the top school 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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