2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 223 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,200 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 213 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in information science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$11,641 Average Net Price

$50,105 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k list. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Green Bay is $11,641 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$14,957 Average Net Price

$47,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 182 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is $14,957 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Information Science Report

#3

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,052 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carthage College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k. Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carthage, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Carthage College is $25,052 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at Carthage College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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