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2023 Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Utah

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$5,157 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Information Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, information technology was the most popular one in Utah. In total, 2,982 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Utah.

With all the computer science programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Utah ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Information Technology

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Salt Lake Community College to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Utah. Salt Lake Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $4,086 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality for IT in Utah.

Full Information Technology at Salt Lake Community College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in Utah. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,228 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Information Technology at Weber State University

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Montana 3
Wyoming 19
Colorado 326
Idaho 98

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

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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