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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Technology is the #26 most popular major in Minnesota with 843 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology

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

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

Full Information Technology at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Information Technology at Metropolitan State University

#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great value for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Information Technology at Capella 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
Kansas 147
Iowa 182
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 averages are for the top 4 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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