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2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

14 Colleges
$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Technology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular school in the Plains States Region for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 40% of the IT majors at the school.

Read full report on Information Technology at Washington University in St Louis

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 47% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information technology schools in the Plains States Region . UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 8 students majoring in IT at UMSL, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska at Omaha is a great place for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

Of the 3 students majoring in IT at UNOMAHA, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Full Information Technology at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Full Information Technology at Iowa State University Report

North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Information Technology at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

With a ranking of #7, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Read full report on Information Technology at Minnesota State University - Mankato

Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of St Thomas Minnesota

Best Information Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best information technology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 843
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.

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 14 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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