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2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,889 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,639 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Computer Information Systems is the most popular major in Arkansas with 570 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for CIS students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CIS majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Computer Information Systems

Our analysis found NorthWest Arkansas Community College to be the best value school for computer information systems students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Arkansas. Located in the city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NWACC are $4,096 a year.

NWACC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,670 per year.

UA Pulaski Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arkansas Tech University is a great value for computer information systems students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

ATU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ATU is ranked #4 for overall quality for CIS in Arkansas.

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Best Value Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 135
West Virginia 403
Georgia 4,742
Tennessee 754
North Carolina 1,634
Mississippi 333
Virginia 3,727
Alabama 1,330
Florida 5,133
South Carolina 769
Kentucky 1,480

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 3 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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