2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Systems (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,269 people earned their degree in information systems, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 613 information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 128 information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information systems. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information systems programs, but they also 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 information systems program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Systems (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s info systems degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

UIS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Springfield are $16,757, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Systems at UIS

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Info Systems Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s info systems degrees to 79 students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

Full UIC Information Systems Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Systems (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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