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2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,308 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,009 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Check out the IT undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Information Technology

Our analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DMACC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that IT majors at Kirkwood Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,021.

Read full report on Information Technology at Kirkwood Community College

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 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.

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