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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region

12 Ranked Colleges
491 Degrees Awarded
$58,195 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England 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 New England region, there were 1,038 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,605 and $24,016 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 491 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 12 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.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region

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

Top 12 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the New England Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 203 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Information Science Report

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Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Norwich University

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Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts

Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. Suffolk University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 52 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Suffolk

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 102 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Boston College

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Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

Quinnipiac University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Information Science at Quinnipiac University

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Westfield State University
Westfield, Massachusetts

Westfield State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking. Westfield is a public institution located in Westfield, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Westfield State University

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

Saint Michael’s College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking. Saint Michael’s College is located in Colchester, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at Saint Michael’s College

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Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

Simmons University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Simmons University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at Simmons

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University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut

With a ranking of #10, University of Hartford did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 2 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Hartford Information Science Report

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Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

Northeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Information Science at Northeastern

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University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

University of New Haven ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New Haven Information Science Report

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