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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Informatics is the 246th most popular major in the country with 2,726 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,407 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major” ranking analyzed 42 colleges that offered a degree in informatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their informatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree informatics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. IU Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 461 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Informatics at Indiana University - Bloomington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. University at Albany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 138 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University at Albany Informatics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Kokomo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. This small school is located in Kokomo, Indiana, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 289 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s informatics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Informatics at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Southeast. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Indiana University - Southeast is a small school located in New Albany, Indiana that handed out 12 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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Dominican University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s informatics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of California - Irvine ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 120 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s informatics students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Read full report on Informatics at University of California - Irvine
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 81 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Informatics at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
University of Montevallo came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. This small school is located in Montevallo, Alabama, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Informatics at University of Montevallo
Indiana University - East did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #11. Richmond, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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Indiana University - South Bend came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. Indiana University - South Bend is a small school located in South Bend, Indiana that handed out 6 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, University of Wisconsin - Stout did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Informatics at UW - Stout
Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #14. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Informatics at Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 46 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Informatics Report
Muskingum University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. New Concord, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Full Muskingum Informatics Report
With a ranking of #17, Allegheny College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Allegheny is located in Meadville, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s informatics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Informatics at Allegheny
With a ranking of #18, Assumption University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Assumption University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Assumption Informatics Report
Trine University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. This small school is located in Angola, Indiana, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Trine Informatics Report
University of Iowa ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 34 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Iowa Informatics Report
Widener University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Widener is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Mercer University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s informatics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Informatics at Mercer University
Idaho State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #23. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Idaho State University Informatics Report
With a ranking of #24, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Informatics at Texas Woman’s University
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking, coming in at #25. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 28 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full ASU - Tempe Informatics Report
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