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 New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 856 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 581 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - New Jersey. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey. Cherry Hill, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 423 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #3 spot on the list. Ramapo College is a medium-sized public school situated in Mahwah, New Jersey. It awarded 38 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Ramapo College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stockton University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey. Stockton State is a medium-sized school located in Galloway, New Jersey that handed out 45 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey. This fairly large school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full New Jersey Institute of Technology General Information Science Report
Rutgers University - Newark landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey ranking. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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