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2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

15 Colleges
$65,430 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for computer and information sciences majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Women make up 29% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 53% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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#4

Park University

Parkville, MO

Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

About 36% of the students majoring in computer and information sciences at the school are women while 64% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - St Louis is a great place for computer and information sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 28 students majoring in computer and information sciences at UMSL, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 25% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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#7

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

With a ranking of #7, Dakota State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for computer and information sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Madison, Dakota State is a public college with a small student population.

About 29% of the students majoring in computer and information sciences at the school are women while 71% are male.

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Metropolitan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

About 50% of the students majoring in computer and information sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for computer and information sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 80% of the computer and information sciences majors at the school.

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#10

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

Truman State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Truman State is a small public school located in the remote town of Kirksville.

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Explore the most popular online computer and information sciences colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

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 15 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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