A degree in informatics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #246 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for informatics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 567 degrees in informatics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The informatics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Informatics rankings. For our Best Overall Informatics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The informatics 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 the Best Informatics Schools in New York.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the informatics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in informatics needs to look into New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 informatics students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Syracuse University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in informatics. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 258 informatics students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in informatics. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester. This school ranks 22nd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 78 informatics students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in informatics needs to check out University at Albany. Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 138 informatics students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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The informatics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Informatics rankings. For our Best Overall Informatics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
