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

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$67,433 Avg Salary

Information Science is the #38 most popular major in the country with 6,934 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

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

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Our analysis found Dakota State University to be the most popular school for information science students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Madison, Dakota State is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in IS at Dakota State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for information science students working on their online graduate certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Women make up 20% of the IS majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Northwestern - St Paul helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best information science schools in the Plains States Region . Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

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Explore the most popular online information science schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 32
Minnesota 24
Nebraska 96
South Dakota 29

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Information Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 The Opte Project.

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