2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Plains States Region

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Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 42,900 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,643 and had an average of $27,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2,487 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,700 and $22,480 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information technology.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in the Plains States Region

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Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on IT Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Madison, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s it degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Technology at Dakota State University

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.