by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 594 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,238 and $25,345 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IS degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Dakota State University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region. Alexandria Technical & Community College is a small school located in Alexandria, Minnesota that handed out 2 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Great Bend, Kansas, and it awarded 1 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Barton County Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Newman University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 2 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region list. Rochester Community and Technical College is located in Rochester, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s IS degrees to qualified students.
Full Rochester Community and Technical College Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Hennepin Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on IS Major in the Plains States Region list. North Hennepin Community College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full North Hennepin Community College Information Science Report
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