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2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,348 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate School for You

Computer Information Systems is the most popular major in Arizona with 2,554 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for CIS students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona

Check out the CIS basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Computer Information Systems

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the best value school in Arizona for computer information systems students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

UOPX - Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our Best Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer information systems schools in Arizona. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 a year.

ASU - Tempe also made our Best Computer Information Systems Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 6,529
Oklahoma 771
New Mexico 346

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, computer information systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

CIS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences 51,681
Information Technology 31,531
Informatics 2,726
Other Computer & Information Sciences 1,887
Artificial Intelligence 518
Human-Centered Technology Design 91

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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