2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Technology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 28,174 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,333 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree it students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,054 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in West Burlington, Iowa, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Community College also made our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $11,054 for plains states region associate degree it students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southeastern Community College.

Full Southeastern Community College Information Technology Report

#2

South Central College

North Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$13,785 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Central College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in North Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 associates’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Central College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Central College is $13,785 for plains states region associate degree it students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Information Technology at South Central College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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