2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Ohio

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In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in general information science, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across Ohio, there were 295 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 148 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,544 and $21,357 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general information science. That schools that top this list have a program in general information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Ohio

1

University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College
Blue Ash, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio. Blue Ash, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s information science degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UC Blue Ash College General Information Science Report

2

Zane State College
Zanesville, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Zane State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio list. Zane State College is a small public school situated in Zanesville, Ohio. It awarded 15 associates’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Zane State College General Information Science Report

3

Eastern Gateway Community College
Steubenville, Ohio

#15 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Gateway Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio. Eastern Gateway Community College is a large school located in Steubenville, Ohio that handed out 63 associates’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Information Science at Eastern Gateway Community College

4

Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, Ohio

Top 25% overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cuyahoga Community College District. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 31 associates’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Cuyahoga Community College District General Information Science Report

5

Lorain County Community College
Elyria, Ohio

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Lorain County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lorain County Community College is a public institution located in Elyria, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full LCCC General Information Science Report

5

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

#18 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Ohio. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s information science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Information Science at University of Toledo

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Information Science in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused 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

• *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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