Information Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #52 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of information science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 400 bachelor's degrees in information science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Information Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of information science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality is program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of information science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt information science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information science students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Featured Information Science Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Boston College is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in information science. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.
Bachelor's recipients from the information science program at Boston College make $11,143 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in information science. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the is program state that they receive average early career wages of $60,218.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information science needs to take a look at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
After graduation, is bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $59,615 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in information science needs to look into Westfield State University. Located in the suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public university with a small student population.
After graduating, is bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $44,839 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).