by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 2,411 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 780 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 35 colleges that offer a degree in general information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general information science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree information science students.
Out of the 35 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Flex landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Flex General Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 177 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 156 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 full report on General Information Science at University of Illinois at Chicago
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwood University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Midland, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Northwood University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Cleveland State University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 42 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at Cleveland State University
University of Michigan - Flint did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. UM Flint is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s information science degrees to qualified students.
McKendree University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. McKendree is a small school located in Lebanon, Illinois that handed out 6 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at McKendree University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 141 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Information Science at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
With a ranking of #9, Saint Xavier University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Full Saint Xavier University General Information Science Report
Goshen College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Goshen, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Northwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Full Northwestern University General Information Science Report
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
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Bradley University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #14. Bradley University is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Information Science at Bradley University
With a ranking of #15, Trine University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Trine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angola, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Grand Valley State University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. GVSU is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 General Information Science at Grand Valley State University
With a ranking of #17, Elmhurst University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Elmhurst is a small school located in Elmhurst, Illinois that handed out 5 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Trine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
DePaul University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s information science degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Akron Main Campus General Information Science Report
Dominican University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Dominican University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 1 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Michigan State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s information science students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Michigan State
With a ranking of #23, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign General Information Science Report
With a ranking of #24, Purdue University Global did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Purdue University Global General Information Science Report
Rasmussen University - Wisconsin came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at Rasmussen University - Wisconsin
Carthage College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #25. This small school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Quincy University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #25. Quincy U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Quincy, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale General Information Science Report
Anderson University Indiana landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Anderson, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Information Science at Anderson University Indiana
Davenport University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #25. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Davenport University General Information Science Report
With a ranking of #25, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at Wayne State University
Rasmussen University - Illinois came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit institution located in Rockford, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, Benedictine University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Benedictine University General Information Science Report
With a ranking of #25, University of Toledo did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at University of Toledo
Olivet Nazarene University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Olivet Nazarene is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Olivet Nazarene University General Information Science Report
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