2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 232 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,800 and $41,641 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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 a Bachelor’s in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$12,352 Average Net Price

$59,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 72 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend UNC Chapel Hill is $12,352 for north carolina bachelor’s degree is students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$15,844 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,844 for north carolina bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend East Carolina University.

Read full report on Information Science at East Carolina University

#3

Strayer University - North Carolina

Morrisville, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$22,816 Average Net Price

$65,853 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - North Carolina. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina. Located in Morrisville, North Carolina, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - North Carolina, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Strayer University - North Carolina is $22,816 for north carolina bachelor’s degree is students.

Read more about Information Science at Strayer University - North Carolina

#4

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$12,286 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina list. Winston - Salem State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

WSSU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $12,286 for north carolina bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend Winston - Salem State 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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