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2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,009 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, information technology was ranked #42 in the country. In fact 40,555 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named College of Western Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. CWI is a fairly large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year. IT majors at CWI take out an average of $14,704 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

CWI also made our Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Information Technology at College of Western Idaho

#2

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Salt Lake Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $12,734 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for IT in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Read full report on Information Technology at Salt Lake Community College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UM are $28,476 a year.

Full Information Technology at The University of Montana Report

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 326
Utah 2,982
Idaho 98
Montana 3
Wyoming 19

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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