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2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
449 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Virginia, there were 560 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,920 and $37,205 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 449 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 168 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for JMU is $24,274 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at JMU

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 186 students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Commonwealth University is $24,684 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at VCU

#3

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Radford, Virginia, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Radford also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $19,604 for virginia bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Radford.

Full Radford University Information Science Report

#4

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Christopher Newport University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newport News, Virginia, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

CNU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend CNU is $26,659 for virginia bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Christopher Newport University Information Science Report

#5

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Regent also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Regent is $15,510 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Information Science at Regent University

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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

  • *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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