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2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

3 Colleges
$115,818 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 60,971 computer and information sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

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 Computer & Information Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online computer and information sciences doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for computer and information sciences students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 33% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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#3

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Dakota State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer and information sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Madison, Dakota State is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in computer and information sciences at Dakota State, 79% are male and 21% are female.

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 173
Missouri 1,402
Minnesota 940
Iowa 542
North Dakota 48
Nebraska 314
South Dakota 143

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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

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 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 Almonroth.

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