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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

3 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Informatics is the 278th most popular major in the country with 2,431 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 106 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in informatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great informatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the informatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Informatics Schools

The informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree informatics students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s informatics degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree informatics students with aid list, TWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full TWU Informatics Report

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489.

Read full report on Informatics at NAU

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Informatics at University of Phoenix - Arizona

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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