2022 Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 559 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,207 and $28,996 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree is students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Science in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Bradford

Bradford, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,906 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Bradford. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. University of Pittsburgh - Bradford is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s IS degrees to qualified students.

Pitt Bradford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Pittsburgh - Bradford is $18,906 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree IS students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

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#2

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$26,937 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Elizabethtown College landed the #2 spot on the list. Etown is a small school located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Etown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Etown is $26,937 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree IS students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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