by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 1,802 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,632 and $29,929 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 485 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 13 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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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 Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree is students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Round Rock, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Science at South University, Austin
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 74 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students 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 Houston - Victoria. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas. University of Houston - Victoria is a public institution located in Victoria, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 260 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Angelo State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas ranking. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Information Science at Angelo State University
With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. Tarleton is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Texas A&M Kingsville
University of North Texas landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas ranking. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Information Science at University of North Texas
LeTourneau University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas ranking. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas list. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized school located in Odessa, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas Tech University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Texas ranking. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Information Science at Texas Tech University
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