2024 Best Information Systems Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in information systems, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #238 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of information systems. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 281 bachelor's degrees in information systems during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Information Systems School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of information systems for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality info systems program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information systems students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information systems students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information systems related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information systems students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Systems Schools

The info systems 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 Information Systems Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Systems in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information systems.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Info Systems

1

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

54 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information systems needs to check out Kent State University at Kent. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from Kent State University at Kent

2

University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Springfield is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in information systems. UIS is a small public university located in the city of Springfield.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from University of Illinois at Springfield

3

Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, IN

10 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Purdue University Northwest if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in information systems. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of Hammond.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from Purdue University Northwest

4

Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in information systems needs to look into Saginaw Valley State University. Saginaw Valley State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of University Center.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from Saginaw Valley State University

5

DeVry University - Illinois
Naperville, IL

150 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Naperville, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from DeVry University - Illinois

6

DeVry University - Ohio
Columbus, OH

29 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Columbus, DeVry University - Ohio is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information systems from DeVry University - Ohio

Best Information Systems Colleges by State

Explore the best information systems colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	19
Ohio	612	93
Illinois	558	158
Indiana	535	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Info Systems

One of 0 majors within the Computer Systems Analysis area of study, Information Systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Louv. More about our data sources and methodologies.