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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Informatics is the 246th most popular major in the country with 2,696 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 73 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in informatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their informatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Informatics at SLU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Emporia, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s informatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Informatics at Emporia State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 6 masters’s informatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Informatics at UNOMAHA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Iowa Informatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s informatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full UMN Twin Cities Informatics Report
