2022 Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

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

#1

Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$7,223 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in West Burlington, Iowa, this small public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s IT students in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southeastern Community College is $7,223 for Plains States Region Associate Degree IT students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Information Technology at Southeastern Community College

#2

South Central College

North Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,175 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Central College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue IT Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in North Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 associates’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

South Central College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Central College is $10,175 for plains states region associate degree it students whose families make more than $110k.

Full South Central College Information Technology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income Over $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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