2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 10,754 people earned a degree or certificate in information technology, making the major the #28 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 66 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the United States. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ferris State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Maryland Global Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMGC are $12,132 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.
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Metropolitan State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 a year.
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Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information technology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.
Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for information technology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.
Champlain College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.
Champlain graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Information Technology graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools award.
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| 11 | Capella University | Minneapolis, MN |
| 12 | Baker College | Owosso, MI |
| 13 | Regis University | Denver, CO |
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Information Technology Related Majors for IT
Information Technology is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to IT
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 20,748 |
| Computer Science | 15,813 |
| Information Science | 6,934 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 4,047 |
| Computer Systems Analysis | 817 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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.
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