2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You
Information Science is the #38 most popular major in the country with 6,934 degrees and certificates awarded 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. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IS students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Science
Our 2023 rankings named Marquette University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for information science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.
UW - Madison also took the #5 spot in our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Grand Valley State University is a great value for information science students working on their graduate certificate. GVSU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 per year.
Read full report on Information Science at Grand Valley State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
Wright State University - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $24,286 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.
Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Read full report on Information Science at Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information science students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.
Wayne State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 per year.
Eastern Michigan University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate information science programs. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 per year.
Best Information Science Colleges by State
Explore the best information science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 281 |
| Illinois | 511 |
| Ohio | 46 |
| Indiana | 113 |
| Wisconsin | 45 |
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Majors Related to IS
Information Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to IS
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 20,748 |
| Computer Science | 15,813 |
| Information Technology | 10,754 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 4,047 |
| Computer Systems Analysis | 817 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 8 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 The Opte Project.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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