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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,186 people earned their degree in information resources management, making the major the 395th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 54 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information resources management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information resources management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information resources management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The information resources management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region information resources management students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Intercontinental University landed the #1 spot on the list. California Intercontinental University is a small private for-profit school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 4 ’s information resources management degrees in 2020-2021.
California Intercontinental University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Information Resources Management at California Intercontinental University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 49 ’s information resources management degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Resources Management Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UC Irvine is $12,209 for Far Western US Region Information Resources Management students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Information Resources Management at University of California - Irvine
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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