by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 Southwest region, there were 1,862 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,632 and $29,929 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 521 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer 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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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. South University, Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Round Rock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at South University, Austin
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region. Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Science at Strayer University - Texas
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 74 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Texas A&M Commerce
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Advancing Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at University of Advancing Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Victoria. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region. University of Houston - Victoria is a small public school situated in Victoria, Texas. It awarded 28 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 260 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, Angelo State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Tarleton State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Tarleton State University
Southeastern Oklahoma State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Durant, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OBU is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 2 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Texas A&M University - Kingsville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Science at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
With a ranking of #12, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 47 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Information Science at University of North Texas
LeTourneau University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. LeTourneau University is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Read full report on Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
With a ranking of #15, New Mexico Highlands University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at New Mexico Highlands University
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is a medium-sized school located in Odessa, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Information Science at UT Rio Grande Valley
Texas Tech University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Information Science at Texas Tech University
Oklahoma Christian University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the Southwest Region list. OC is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Science at Oklahoma Christian University
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