2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#7 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign General Information Science Report

2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate 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 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee General Information Science Report

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #3 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 7 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about General Information Science at U-M

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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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