2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.

In 2021-2022, 25,918 people earned their degree in computer & is security, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,424 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer & is security. That schools that top this list have a program in computer & is security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in the Plains States Region

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Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota State University is a small public school situated in Madison, South Dakota. It awarded 7 doctorate’s computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Dakota State University Computer & IS Security Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.