2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Information Science in West Virginia

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In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. 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 West Virginia, there were 60 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,885 and $51,351 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,789 and $17,466 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in West Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia associate degree is students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Information Science in West Virginia

1

Potomac State College of West Virginia University
Keyser, West Virginia

#7 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Potomac State College of West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in West Virginia. This small school is located in Keyser, West Virginia, and it awarded 16 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Science at WVU Potomac State College

2

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, West Virginia

#14 overall quality in West Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is located in Martinsburg, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s IS degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Information Science at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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