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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in North Carolina” 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.

Across North Carolina, there were 232 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,800 and $41,641 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree is students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’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

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 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 Master’s in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 59 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,595 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,791 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Carolina Central University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina Central University are $20,595, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Strayer University - North Carolina

Morrisville, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,628 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - North Carolina landed the #3 spot on the list. Strayer University - North Carolina is a medium-sized school located in Morrisville, North Carolina that handed out 13 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our north carolina master’s degree is students list, Strayer University - North Carolina has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - North Carolina are $15,135.

Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - North Carolina

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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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