2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

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 Vallue IS Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 65 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue IS Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue IS Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue IS Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,809 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k list. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s IS degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota State are $11,809, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Science at Dakota State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (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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