by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 594 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Madison, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bellevue University is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Nebraska that handed out 64 masters’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s information science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Missouri University of Science and Technology
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #4 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s information science degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 20 masters’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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