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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,057 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 132 degrees and certificates were awarded to information technology students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #78 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Technology

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Normal.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $9,773 per year.

Read full report on Information Technology at Illinois State University

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

Read full report on Information Technology at DePaul University

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 127
Ohio 25
Indiana 116
Wisconsin 27

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

Majors Similar 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 2 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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