2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

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 “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 559 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,207 and $28,996 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 251 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree is students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$79,284 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 190 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Science at Pitt

#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$20,520 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, DeSales University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

DeSales also took the #4 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DeSales University are $20,520.

Full DeSales University Information Science Report

#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,533 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #3 spot on the list. Drexel University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 54 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drexel University Information Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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