2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Vermont

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Vermont, there were 115 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Vermont” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree information science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Vermont

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Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

#4 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Norwich General Information Science Report

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

#6 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Vermont. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

Read more about General Information Science at Saint Michael’s College

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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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