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2024 Best Value Colleges for Information Science in Connecticut

1 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$41,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 71 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,375 and $27,000 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Information Science in Connecticut

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Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IS Schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #1 spot on the list. Quinnipiac is located in Hamden, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 ’s is degrees to qualified students.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $41,230 for Connecticut IS students per year to attend Quinnipiac.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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