2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Ohio

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Ohio, there were 295 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,780 and $21,666 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 81 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information science.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Ohio

1

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

$52,776 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,740 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 42 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Science at Cleveland State University

2

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, Ohio

#24 overall quality in Ohio

$52,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio. Located in Bowling Green, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

Full Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Information Science Report

3

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

$50,541 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,764 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Akron Main Campus

4

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

#18 overall quality in Ohio

$46,794 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,125 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Science at University of Toledo

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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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