2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9,617 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 161 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. BYU - I is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend BYU - I is $7,167 for bachelor’s degree is students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Global Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Maryland Global Campus is a large public school situated in Adelphi, Maryland. It awarded 1,478 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
UMGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UMGC is $14,288 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
Full University of Maryland Global Campus Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Dakota State is a small school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 18 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,691 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend Dakota State.
Out of the 161 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is $19,926 for bachelor’s degree is students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Allendale, Michigan, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
GVSU also claimed a top spot on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category. It costs about $17,646 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend Grand Valley State University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Southern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 128 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,536 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend GaSou.
Read more about Information Science at Georgia Southern University
Strayer University - Virginia landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Strayer University - Virginia is a private for-profit institution located in Arlington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Virginia is $24,041 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
Full Strayer University - Virginia Information Science Report
Fort Hays State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Fort Hays State University is a fairly large school located in Hays, Kansas that handed out 57 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for FHSU is $12,053 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 11 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,395 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.
Bemidji State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Bemidji, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Bemidji State University is $15,868 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
Read full report on Information Science at Bemidji State University
With a ranking of #11, Wayne State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Wayne, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend WSC is $13,765 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Odessa, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,092 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend UT Permian Basin.
Full The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Information Science Report
Salisbury University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Salisbury, Maryland, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
Salisbury also claimed a top spot on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. It costs about $19,617 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend Salisbury.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas Tech University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 126 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #21. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Metropolitan State University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,225 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend Metropolitan State University.
Full Metropolitan State University Information Science Report
Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 29 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,893 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.
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 Minnesota State University - Moorhead
James Madison University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 168 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree is students list, JMU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend JMU is $22,169 for bachelor’s degree is students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Baruch College landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Baruch College is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 244 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
Baruch also took the #23 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,562 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend Baruch.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
University of North Georgia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of North Georgia is $10,396 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
Kennesaw State University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. KSU Georgia is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend KSU Georgia is $17,221 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 248 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
UMBC also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. The yearly cost to attend UMBC is $19,082 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Strayer University - North Carolina came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Morrisville, North Carolina, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $22,816 for Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend Strayer University - North Carolina.
Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - North Carolina
University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,040 for bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend UNOMAHA.
Read more about Information Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 182 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is $17,876 for bachelor’s degree is students.
Read more about Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Stockton University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Stockton State is a public institution located in Galloway, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Stockton University is $19,678 for bachelor’s degree is students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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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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%.
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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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