2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Tennessee

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 12 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,300 and $55,909 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Information Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Tennessee

#1

Strayer University - Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,628 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Tennessee. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s IS degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Tennessee did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Tennessee are $15,135.

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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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