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2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,460 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Technology is the #23 most popular major in Arizona with 433 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UOPX - Arizona is ranked #2 for overall quality for IT in Arizona.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Arizona also made our Best Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 204
Oklahoma 48
New Mexico 26

Information Technology 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 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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