by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 260 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree is students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Colorado State University - Pueblo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 120 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read full report on Information Science at University of Utah
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Utah Valley University is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 57 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #5 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 30 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Weber State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Weber State University is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Idaho State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Utah State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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