2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in New Jersey (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New Jersey, there were 860 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,529 and $33,903 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 239 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$33,744 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$91,363 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 164 diplomas to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

NJIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey Institute of Technology are $33,744, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Science at NJIT

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,061 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IS degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#3

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, New Jersey

$10,656 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. FDU is a medium-sized school located in Teaneck, New Jersey that handed out 2 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FDU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus are $10,656, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (With Aid)

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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