2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio

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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 Ohio, there were 295 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,780 and $21,666 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio

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

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Ohio

1

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 masters’s IS degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Information Science at Cleveland State University

2

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Akron Main Campus

3

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

#19 overall quality in Ohio

$75,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio. Kent State University at Kent is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Science at Kent State

4

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

#18 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Ohio. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s IS degrees to qualified students.

Full University of Toledo Information Science Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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