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2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,649 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

With 18,325 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information science is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for IS 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 Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Science

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for information science students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information science schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

Full Information Science at University of North Texas Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 a year.

UT Dallas did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Best Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best information science colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,787
Arizona 24
Oklahoma 31
New Mexico 2

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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