by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 675 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,154 and $21,432 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in information science. That schools that top this list have a program in information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree is students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Wyoming Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WWCC is a public institution located in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Wyoming Community College Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Wyoming Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Northern Wyoming Community College District is a public institution located in Sheridan, Wyoming. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Northern Wyoming Community College District
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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