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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,862 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 521 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 19 colleges that offered a degree in general information science. To top this list, a school must have a successful general information science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 260 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 The University of Texas at Arlington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 74 degrees to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce General Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Information Science at University of North Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Tarleton is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at Tarleton
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Victoria. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at UH Victoria
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 20 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 full report on General Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Angelo State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Angelo State University is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at Angelo State
Strayer University - Texas did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at Strayer University - Texas
Southeastern Oklahoma State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Durant, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M Kingsville General Information Science Report
University of Advancing Technology came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Advancing Technology is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at University of Advancing Technology
South University, Austin came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. South University, Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Round Rock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at South University, Austin
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized school located in Odessa, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Rio Grande Valley General Information Science Report
With a ranking of #14, New Mexico Highlands University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. New Mexico Highlands University is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Information Science at New Mexico Highlands University
LeTourneau University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. LeTourneau University is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at LETU
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 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%.
Full OBU General Information Science Report
Oklahoma Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. Edmond, Oklahoma 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 4.8% 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%.
Read more about General Information Science at OC
With a ranking of #18, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 degrees 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Texas Tech
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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
- *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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