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2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$6,731 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Science is the #27 most popular major in South Dakota with 29 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Our 2023 rankings named Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for information science students working on their graduate certificate. Dakota State is a small public school located in the distant town of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Dakota State are $6,731 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dakota State is ranked #3 for overall quality for IS in South Dakota.

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Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 32
Minnesota 24
Nebraska 96

One of 9 majors within the area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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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