2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems in the Far Western US Region

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Management Information Systems is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 13,680 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,647 and had an average of $24,340 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 891 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,730 and $22,054 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in management information systems. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their management information systems program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree mis students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems in the Far Western US Region

1

Umpqua Community College
Roseburg, Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Umpqua Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Roseburg, Oregon, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s MIS students in 2020-2021.

Full Umpqua Community College Management Information Systems Report

2

Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, Nevada

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on MIS Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Truckee Meadows Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Truckee Meadows Community College is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Truckee Meadows Community College Management Information Systems Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems

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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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