2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in South Dakota (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 237,745 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, computer and information sciences is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,979 and had an average of $27,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 768 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 121 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer and information sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer and information sciences 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 computer and information sciences 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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Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree computer & information sciences students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at South Dakota State

#2

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,809 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Madison, South Dakota, and it awarded 101 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dakota State are $11,809.

Full Dakota State Computer & Information Sciences Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences (With Aid)

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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