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2023 Best Value Information Science Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,633 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,330 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, information science students earned 58 degrees and certificates from a South Dakota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Information Science Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the IS associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Information Science Associate Degree School

#1

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Our analysis found Dakota State University to be the best value school for information science students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Madison, Dakota State is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dakota State are $9,633 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dakota State is ranked #3 for overall quality for IS in South Dakota.

Read full report on Information Science at Dakota State University

Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 75
Minnesota 141
Missouri 90
Iowa 19
North Dakota 2
Nebraska 187

Information Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project.

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