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Evansville, Indiana has 11 accredited schools offering innovation programs, with tuition ranging from $5,260 to $31,550 per year for indexed programs. Evansville has a population of about 115,395. In the Evansville, IN metro area, the top-earning innovation-related role is Computer and Information Systems Manager at a median $140,260 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer innovation programs near Evansville, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Evansville city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Evansville. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Indiana schools on the Indiana innovation page.
Evansville is part of the Evansville, IN metro area (BLS area code 21780). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Indiana statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General and Operations Manager | $102,580 | Evansville, IN | $112,109 |
| Management Analyst | $82,140 | Evansville, IN | $89,770 |
| Marketing Manager | $127,800 | Evansville, IN | $139,672 |
| Computer and Information Systems Manager | $140,260 | Evansville, IN | $153,290 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 91.5 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 11 accredited schools offering innovation programs near Evansville. The closest is Brescia University in Owensboro, KY (27.6 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Simmons College of Kentucky (97.7 miles). 10 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying innovation-related roles near Evansville are: Computer and Information Systems Manager ($140,260), Marketing Manager ($127,800), General and Operations Manager ($102,580). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Indiana statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Henderson, KY is 10.5 miles from Evansville and has its own set of local innovation programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Evansville:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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