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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota

7 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$55,596 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Minnesota, there were 147 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,596 and $27,408 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 7 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota

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

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Minnesota

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota list. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a medium-sized school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 35 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 more about Information Science at MSU Moorhead

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Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Metro State

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 SMU MN

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Northwestern - St Paul Information Science Report

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Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bemidji State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota. Bemidji State University is a small public school situated in Bemidji, Minnesota. It awarded 1 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bemidji State University Information Science Report

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Rasmussen University - Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rasmussen University - Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota ranking, coming in at #6. Located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Information Science at Rasmussen University - Minnesota

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University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Minnesota ranking. UST MN is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 87%.

Read full report on Information Science at University of St Thomas Minnesota

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