2022 Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in general information science, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 232 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Information Science in North Carolina

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Information Science Schools for an Associate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 associates’s information science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Information Science Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Technical Community College is $6,876 for North Carolina Associate Degree Information Science students.

Read more about General Information Science at Wake Technical Community College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Information Science

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

• *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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