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2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,343 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,430 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, computer and information sciences students earned 940 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Minnesota to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for computer and information sciences 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Check out the computer and information sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer & Information Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for computer and information sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UST MN are $23,736 a year.

UST MN also made our Best Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #1.

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#5

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer and information sciences schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 173
Missouri 1,402
Iowa 542
North Dakota 48
Nebraska 314
South Dakota 143

Computer & Information Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817
Computer Systems Networking 720
Computer Programming 490
Other Computer & Information Sciences 443
Data Processing 205

Majors Similar to Computer & Information Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Almonroth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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